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Definition of munificence :
1. Means of defense; fortification.
2. The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity.
Synonyms:
largesse, unsparingness, generousness, big-heartedness, large-heartedness, kindliness, almsgiving, bounteousness, liberality, benignity, freehandedness, humanity, sympathy, bounty, great-heartedness, lavishness, magnanimousness, kind-heartedness, give, openhandedness, largess
benevolence (part of speech: noun)
bountifulness, beneficence, good will, compassion, kindness, humanitarianism, philanthropy, magnanimity, benevolence, charity, motherliness, unselfishness, altruism, generosity, neighborliness
philanthropy (part of speech: noun)
public spirit
generosity (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
- He recalled all her enthusiasm in that still uncompleted purchase of Dandy, in her munificence to Hogan. - "Marion's Faith.", Charles King.
- I will not submit to be turned out a beggar, nor to live an hour longer on your munificence. - "Mabel's Mistake", Ann S. Stephens.
- The term is very significant of their munificence or of some real thing that made them kings in the hearts of men. - "Revisiting the Earth", James Langdon Hill.
