largesse

noun

lar·gesse lär-ˈzhes lär-ˈjes

also ˈlär-ˌjes

variants or less commonly largess

Synonyms of largesse

: liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior

a philanthropist known for his largesse

also : something so given

projects depending on a flow of federal largesse

: generosity

his generosity of spirit, an absolutely natural largesse—Harvey Breit

Examples of largesse in a Sentence

He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.

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Zelensky — the leader of a smaller country surviving thanks to American largesse — isn't. —Alex Isenstadt, Axios, 1 Mar. 2025 Now, however, this federal largesse – which some cities used to fill mounting fiscal cracks – is at an end. —John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025 While the e-tail juggernaut hasn’t rustled up additional funds, instead giving Kenya’s Africa Collect Textiles Foundation $5.3 million last week to expand its used textile collection and recycling efforts, Ricketts sees its prior largesse as a demonstration of how EPR schemes should work. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 European families are sitting on an ever-growing pile of savings, confounding hopes that consumer largesse will kickstart the region’s stagnant economy. —Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for largesse