Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LIB-ER-AL'I-TY, n. [L. liberalitas; Fr. liberalité. See Liberal.]

1. Munificence; bounty. That liberality is but cast away, / Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. – Denham.
2. A particular act of generosity; a donation; a gratuity. In this sense, it has the plural number. A prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
3. Largeness of mind; catholicism; that comprehensiveness of mind which includes other interests besides its own, duly estimates in its decisions the value or importance each. It is evidence of a noble mind to judge of men and things with liberality. Many treat the Gospel with indifference under the name of liberality. – J. M. Mason.
4. Candor; impartiality.