| Main Entry: | generosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit of giving |
Synonyms: |
all heart, alms-giving, altruism, beneficence, benevolence, bounteousness, bounty, charitableness, charity, free giving, goodness, heart, high-mindedness, hospitality, kindness, largesse, liberality, magnanimity, munificence, nobleness, openhandedness, philanthropy, profusion, readiness, unselfishness |
Antonyms: |
greed, meanness, selfishness, stinginess |
| Main Entry: | generosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | benevolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charity |
Synonyms: |
altruism, amity, comity, compassion, feeling, friendliness, friendship, generosity, gift, good will, goodness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy |
Antonyms: |
animosity, greediness, ill will, malevolence, meanness, selfishness, spite, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | charity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kindness, compassion |
Synonyms: |
affection, agape, altruism, amity, attachment, benevolence, benignity, bountifulness, bounty, caritas, clemency, fellow feeling, generosity, goodness, goodwill, grace, humaneness, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, lenity, love, magnanimity, mercy, tenderheartedness |
Antonyms: |
malevolence, uncharitableness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
Synonyms: |
address, affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, refinement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, urbanity |
Antonyms: |
bad manners, discourtesy, impoliteness, pompousness, rudeness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favor, indulgence |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, benevolence, bounty, charity, chivalry, compassion, consent, consideration, dispensation, generosity, kindness, liberality, service, unselfishness |
Antonyms: |
discourtesy, disfavor, disregard |
| Main Entry: | goodness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency, excellence |
Synonyms: |
advantage, beneficence, benefit, benevolence, ethicality, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, graciousness, honesty, honor, humaneness, integrity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality, nourishment, obligingness, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, wholesomeness, worth |
Antonyms: |
evil, indecency, meanness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | good will/goodwill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kindliness |
Synonyms: |
altruism, amity, benevolence, brownie points, charity, comity, cordiality, favor, friendliness, friendship, generosity, good deed, good side of, helpfulness, rapport, right side of, sympathy, tolerance |
Antonyms: |
meanness |
| Main Entry: | grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mercy, forgiveness |
Synonyms: |
benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, caritas, charity, clemency, compassion, compassionateness, favor, forbearance, generosity, good will, goodness, indulgence, kindliness, kindness, leniency, lenity, love, pardon, quarter, reprieve, responsiveness, tenderness |
Antonyms: |
mercilessness, unforgiveness |
| Main Entry: | greatness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobleness of character; eminence |
Synonyms: |
celebrity, chivalry, dignity, distinction, fame, generosity, glory, grandeur, heroism, high-mindedness, idealism, illustriousness, importance, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty, merit, morality, nobility, note, prominence, renown, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, unimportance |