munificence

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle French munificence, from Latin munificentia, from munus (“gift”) + facio (“to make”).

This judicious munificence was not thrown away. — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
"The duty of a king is munificence. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
“All right,” answered Phil, wondering at their munificence. — Phil, the Fiddler, Horatio, Jr. Alger

largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness

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