liberality Copy link Outline I. In giving1. lībĕrālĭtas2. largĭtas (stronger than preced.)3. mūnĭfĭcentia (cf. LIBERAL, I., 4)4. bĕnignĭtasII. In thinking • liberality: I. In giving: 1. lībĕrālĭtas: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 7, benefĭcentia, quam eandem benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari licet (strictly, liberalitas is open-handedness; beneficentia, active kindness; benignitas, generosity): sometimes = an act of l., Suet. Hor. med. 2. largĭtas (stronger than preced.): excessive l., nimia l., Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 32: Cic. 3. mūnĭfĭcentia (cf. liberal, I., 4): Cic. 4. bĕnignĭtas: v. supr. (1). II. In thinking: animus nullis destinatis sententiis addictus, cf. Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; nullius in verba jurare addictus, cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 14; *nihil praejudicati secum afferens (v. prejudice). See also candour.