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Noun: largesse  laa(r)'jes or laa(r)'zhes
  1. Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
    "The philanthropist's largesse enabled the construction of a new hospital wing";
    - munificence, largess, magnanimity, openhandedness
     
  2. A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
    "The billionaire's largesse funded the new hospital wing";
    - largess

Type of: gift, liberality, liberalness

Encyclopedia: Largesse