different between generosity vs charitableness

English

Etymology

From Middle French générosité, from Latin gener?sitas.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???n????s?ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???n????s?ti/
• Rhymes: -?s?ti
• Hyphenation: ge?ne?ros?i?ty

Noun

generosity (countable and uncountable, plural generosities)

1. (uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, time or resources.
   • 1963: Erik H. Erikson, Childhood and Society

     We have mentioned generosity as an outstanding virtue required in Sioux life.
2. (countable) A generous act.
   • 1873: Reverend M. C. Tyler, Proceedings at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Sage College of the Cornell University

     May the generosities of the founders of these halls, be rewarded by the fair and holy characters which shall be here formed […] .

3. (uncountable) The trait of being abundant, more than adequate.
4. (archaic, uncountable) Good breeding; nobility of stock.

Synonyms

• liberality
• (good breeding, noble stock): nobility

Antonyms

• stinginess

Translations

English

Etymology

charitable +? -ness

Noun

charitableness (usually uncountable, plural charitablenesses)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
   • 1840 The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt: with reminiscences of friends and contemporaries

     The reader has seen, that my mother, notwithstanding her charitableness to the poor maid-servant, was a woman of strict morals.

2. (rare, countable) A particular kind or instance of this quality.
   • 1947, in The New Era in Home and School, volume 28, page 66:

     But when the service of truth and the public good command, there are certain scruples which are immoral and certain charitablenesses which are dangerous.

Synonyms

• charitability