an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
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the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
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Liberality \Lib`er*al"i*ty\ (-[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Liberalities} (-t[i^]z). [L. liberalitas: cf. F. lib['e]ralit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.
That liberality is but cast away Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. --Denham.
2. A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
He developed a strong belief in the liberality of Britain and its land-owning democracy. In Paris he had been converted to the ideas of the Enlightenment.