GENEROUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does generousness mean? 

• GENEROUSNESS (noun)
  The noun GENEROUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of being willing to give your money or time

  Familiarity information: GENEROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENEROUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of being willing to give your money or time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

generosity; generousness

Hypernyms ("generousness" is a kind of...):

kindness (the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic)

Attribute:

generous (willing to give and share unstintingly)

stingy; ungenerous (unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "generousness"):

charitableness (generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate))

bounteousness; bounty (generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely)

bigheartedness (the quality of being kind and generous)

liberality; liberalness (the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament)

unselfishness (the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others)

Derivation:

generous (willing to give and share unstintingly)

generous (not petty in character and mind)

 Context examples 

You are so big and generous that you challenge me to equal generousness.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Skiff Miller shook his head, no longer belligerent, but kindly, quick to be generous in response to generousness.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)