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noun, feminine

munificence

/my.ni.fi.sɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/my.ni.fi.sɑ̃s/plural: munificences

generosity, munificence, liberality

Ce naïf soldat, [...] se crut l’homme le plus heureux du monde, en se voyant propriétaire d’une maison que la munificence de son chef garnit d’un joli mobilier [...]The naive soldier, […] thought himself the luckiest man in the world when he found himself the owner of a house which, thanks to his superior's munificence, was fitted out with some very nice furniture […]

Synonyms: largesse

Related: munificent

Learned borrowing from Latin munificentia (“generosity”), from munus (“gift”).