large-heartedness
Spirit of giving
Large-heartedness is the quality of being generous, kind, and sympathetic toward others.
Someone with large-heartedness gives freely of themselves—their time, resources, or compassion—without expecting anything in return.
The term suggests an expansive capacity for empathy and goodwill, as if the heart itself were physically bigger to accommodate care for others.
Her large-heartedness was evident in the way she welcomed strangers into her home.
Generous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- givingTransferring to another
- liberalityGenerous spirit or giving
munificence · open-handedness · bounty · donation · benefaction · patronage · endowment · contribution
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- warmthHeat you feel
- caringShowing kind concern
tenderness · understanding · sensitivity · concern · solicitude · gentleness · humanity · fellow-feeling
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- nobilityTitled ruling class
tolerance · leniency · pardon · forbearance · indulgence · graciousness · chivalry · gallantry
Prioritizing others over oneself
- self-sacrificeSurrendering for others' benefit
- unselfishnessConcern for others' welfare
- serviceAid or maintenance
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
humanitarianism · do-gooding · helping · goodwill · civic-mindedness · dedication · devotion
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- givingTransferring to another
liberality · munificence · open-handedness · bounty · donation · benefaction · patronage · endowment · contribution · gift
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- warmthHeat you feel
caring · tenderness · understanding · sensitivity · concern · solicitude · gentleness · humanity · fellow-feeling · soft-heartedness
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
nobility · tolerance · leniency · pardon · forbearance · indulgence · graciousness · chivalry · gallantry · high-mindedness
selflessness
Prioritizing others over oneself
- self-sacrificeSurrendering for others' benefit
- unselfishnessConcern for others' welfare
- serviceAid or maintenance
volunteerism · humanitarianism · do-gooding · helping · goodwill · civic-mindedness · dedication · devotion
large-heartednesspettiness
Focus on insignificant matters
small-mindedness · meanness · spite · stinginess · miserliness
large-heartednesscold-heartedness
Unfeeling, pitiless nature
hardheartedness · heartlessness · callousness · cruelty · mercilessness
large-heartednessnarrow-mindedness
Closed thinking, limited perspective
selfishness · self-centeredness · egoism · insularity · parochialism
large, larger, largest, largely, largeness, enlarge, enlarged, enlargement, enlarging