Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Generosity

Generosity , noun

[Latin generositas: compare French générosité.]

1.
Noble birth. [Obsolete] — Harris (Voyages)
2.
The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness.
Generosity is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities. — Barrow
3.
Liberality in giving; munificence.