generousness Definition

generous
adj

1. Giving or willing to give or help unselfishly.

Thesaurus: bountiful, liberal, munificent, charitable, open-handed, altruistic, beneficent, lavish, profuse, copious, prodigal, unstinting; noble, honourable, chivalrous, unselfish, humane, big-hearted; Antonym: stingy, tight-fisted; petty, mean-spirited.
2. Said eg of a donation: large and given unselfishly.
3. Large; ample; plentiful.

Example: generous portions
4. Kind; willing to forgive.

Example: of generous spirit
5. Said of wine: rich; invigorating.

Derivative: generosity

The quality of being generous.
Thesaurus: liberality, benevolence, munificence, bounty, charity, kindness, magnanimity, goodness, soft-heartedness, beneficence, unselfishness, largesse, expansiveness; Antonym: meanness, selfishness.

A generous act.

Derivative: generously
adverb

Derivative: generousness
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin generosus of noble birth.