Largesse
noun
The act of generously giving money or gifts to others.
The philanthropist is known for his largesse in donating to numerous charities.
Often appears as...
- show largesse
- display largesse
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Formal
noun
Generously bestowing something upon others.
The king's largesse won the support of the common people.
Often appears as...
- display royal largesse
- nobility's largesse
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Formal
Literary
noun
The act of generously giving money or gifts to others.
The philanthropist is known for his largesse in donating to numerous charities.
Often appears as...
- show largesse
- display largesse
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Generously bestowing something upon others.
The king's largesse won the support of the common people.
Often appears as...
- display royal largesse
- nobility's largesse
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Charitable Context
Used to describe generous financial support, often with a focus on charity or philanthropy.
Her largesse funded the new children's hospital wing.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies admiration for the giver, viewed positively for their generosity.
The patron's largesse helped revitalize the arts scene.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-reciprocal
Often conveys a one-way giving without expecting anything directly in return.
After winning the lottery, his largesse was unexpected but welcomed.
Pro Tip 1/3Charitable Context
Used to describe generous financial support, often with a focus on charity or philanthropy.
Her largesse funded the new children's hospital wing.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies admiration for the giver, viewed positively for their generosity.
The patron's largesse helped revitalize the arts scene.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-reciprocal
Often conveys a one-way giving without expecting anything directly in return.
After winning the lottery, his largesse was unexpected but welcomed.
Pro Tip 1/3Charitable Context
Used to describe generous financial support, often with a focus on charity or philanthropy.
Her largesse funded the new children's hospital wing.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies admiration for the giver, viewed positively for their generosity.
The patron's largesse helped revitalize the arts scene.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-reciprocal
Often conveys a one-way giving without expecting anything directly in return.
After winning the lottery, his largesse was unexpected but welcomed.
Compare with
altruismbenevolencecharitygenerositylivremagnanimitymunificencephilanthropy
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And the biggest problem is that overall, they've appropriated the largesse of the digital age we have wealth creation, but we have growing social inequality. So what if there were not only an internet of information,
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And the biggest problem is that overall, they've appropriated the largesse of the digital age we have wealth creation, but we have growing social inequality. So what if there were not only an internet of information,
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Heather Brooke
American Journalist
Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere is covering the costs whether that is through advertising, a patron's largesse or a license fee. Advertising is no longer subsidising the industry and so the cost must fall somewhere - why not on the people who use it?
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Sharron Angle
American Politician
Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done; freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.
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Gary Bauer
American Public Servant
Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
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Chuck Fleischmann
American Politician
As Obamacare devolves and starts to fall apart, what do you get? This big-government largesse that is involved in Obamacare, my fear is that it's going to devolve into a single-payer system, and we really can't afford to let that happen.
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Sue Monk Kidd
American Writer
I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book for felt communion, the bright largesse of intimately participating in the lives of other people.
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Michele Bachmann
American Politician
Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world.
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Charles Williams
English Editor
To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.
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J. D. Vance
American Author
I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.
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Urjit Patel
Indian Economist
One of the things that the public sector banks need to do is to raise private capital from the market and not rely on government largesse.
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Mary Douglas
British Scientist
Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours.
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Heather Brooke
American Journalist
Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere is covering the costs whether that is through advertising, a patron's largesse or a license fee. Advertising is no longer subsidising the industry and so the cost must fall somewhere - why not on the people who use it?
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Sharron Angle
American Politician
Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done; freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.
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Gary Bauer
American Public Servant
Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
Quote examples
Chuck Fleischmann
American Politician
As Obamacare devolves and starts to fall apart, what do you get? This big-government largesse that is involved in Obamacare, my fear is that it's going to devolve into a single-payer system, and we really can't afford to let that happen.
Quote examples
Sue Monk Kidd
American Writer
I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book for felt communion, the bright largesse of intimately participating in the lives of other people.
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Michele Bachmann
American Politician
Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world.
Quote examples
Charles Williams
English Editor
To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.
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J. D. Vance
American Author
I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.
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Urjit Patel
Indian Economist
One of the things that the public sector banks need to do is to raise private capital from the market and not rely on government largesse.
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Mary Douglas
British Scientist
Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours.
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