liberality

Freely sharing resources

Liberality is generosity in giving—the quality of being free with money, gifts, or resources: The foundation is known for its liberality toward the arts.

The word also means openness of mind, a willingness to consider different ideas without narrow prejudice.

Both senses share the root idea of freedom from constraint—whether in spending or in thinking.

generosity

munificence

Lavish, princely generosity

benevolence · almsgiving · giving · donation · gift · endowment · benefaction · contribution · charity · patronage

broadmindedness

open-mindedness

Acceptance of differing viewpoints

pluralism · cosmopolitanism · freethinking · progressiveness · egalitarianism · permissiveness · flexibility · enlightenment · nonjudgmental · unbiased

candor

frankness

Direct, unguarded honesty

honesty · sincerity · directness · outspokenness · plainspokenness · ingenuousness · artlessness · straightforwardness · bluntness · candour

Categories
Opposites
generosity and giving

liberalitystinginess

Excessive reluctance to spend

miserliness · meanness · tightfistedness · parsimony · ungenerosity

open-mindedness and tolerance

liberalitynarrow-mindedness

Closed thinking, limited perspective

intolerance · bigotry · small-mindedness · closed-mindedness · dogmatism

abundance of provision

liberalityscantiness

Inadequate quantity or supply

meagerness · paltriness · insufficiency · niggardliness · restrictiveness

Phrases
Family

liberalism, liberalize, liberalized, liberalizing, liberalization, liberalizes, liberalizations

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G