bounteousness

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bounteousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bounteous \Boun"te*ous\, a. [OE. bountevous, fr. bounte bounty.]
     Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously
     liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as,
     bounteous production.
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           But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster] -- Boun"te*ous*ly, adv. --
     Boun"te*ous*ness, n.
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bounteousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bounteousness
      n 1: generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely [syn:
           bounty, bounteousness]