Generous willingness to give resources or allow breadth of thought.
Reach for it when naming openhandedness or tolerance in a formal, often historical register
The patron's liberality funded tools while leaving artisans free to choose methods.
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everyday
Fits when differences are allowed without hostility
Careful Tolerance can be grudging and need not be generous.
warm
Fits when open giving of time, money, or credit is the clear idea
Careful Generosity may not include openness toward different views.
professional
Fits when willingness to consider unfamiliar ideas is central
Careful Open-mindedness says nothing about material giving.
formal
broad-mindedness
Fits when a wide, non-narrow outlook is the intended trait
Careful Broad-mindedness does not cover financial generosity.
literary
Fits when exceptionally large gifts deserve elevated praise
Careful Munificence is rare and far stronger than ordinary liberality.
literary
Fits when free giving is the specific quality
Careful Openhandedness is limited to generosity and can sound old-fashioned.
spirit of liberality
A spirit of liberality shaped both the grant and its flexible terms.
known for liberality
The foundation became known for liberality toward experimental artists.
intellectual liberality
Intellectual liberality allowed dissenting essays into the collection.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Neskaya, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated
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