openhandedness

7.2

Being very generous and ready to give to others

noun
/ˌoʊpənˈhændɪdnəs/

: generosidad

And her openhandedness is breathtaking: Just before the opening, she gave the museum additional funds to ensure that admission would be free.

Examples

Her openhandedness in donating to local charities has earned her much respect in the community.
Grasping and unscrupulous, yet among the Arabs, it sustains a high character for hospitality and openhandedness.

Academic text (2003)
The philanthropist's openhandedness allowed many families to receive the help they desperately needed.
His openhandedness was evident when he offered to pay for everyone’s meals during the celebration.

Synonyms

generosity

vsopenhandedness

128 2.1

Being kind and ready to give money, time, or help to others

emphasizes particularly large or free giving rather than any giving at all

graciousness

vsopenhandedness

6 4.1

Being kind, polite, and generous to other people

places more weight on open, large-scale giving than on politeness

largess

vsopenhandedness

Formal

5 7.9

Giving a lot of money or gifts to people

is broader, covering general willingness to give, not only gifts

magnanimity

vsopenhandedness

Formal

3 8.5

Showing great kindness and forgiveness to an opponent or someone weaker

is mainly about freely giving rather than forgiving or noble conduct

beneficence

vsopenhandedness

Formal

2 8.4

Kind acts that help other people

is narrower, centering on freely offering resources rather than acts

unselfishness

vsopenhandedness

2 3.4

Caring about other people and putting their needs before your own

is about generous free giving without necessarily implying self-sacrifice

self-giving

vsopenhandedness

1 7.3

Ready to put other people's needs before your own and help them

refers to open, free giving but not necessarily extreme self-sacrifice

munificence

vsopenhandedness

Formal

1 9.9

A very generous giving of money or gifts

is the general quality of giving freely without stressing size

liberality

vsopenhandedness

1 7.0

Being ready to give money, help or time to other people

is a simple everyday idea of being very ready to give freely

kindliness

vsopenhandedness

1 3.2

Being friendly, generous, and caring to other people

is more about freely giving rather than general friendliness

liberalness

vsopenhandedness

6.4

Being generous and open to other people's needs

focuses only on the act of giving freely rather than open thinking

generousness

vsopenhandedness

3.4

Willingness to give money, time, or help to other people without asking for anything

signals especially notable generosity and freedom in giving

bounteousness

vsopenhandedness

Literature

9.9

Willingness to give freely and a lot to others

is the plain everyday sense of giving freely rather than literary tone

charitableness

vsopenhandedness

5.3

A willingness to give help or money to people in need

is the wider readiness to give freely in many situations

bigheartedness

vsopenhandedness

4.5

Kind and generous behavior that helps other people

is focused mainly on generous giving rather than warm compassion

openheartedness

vsopenhandedness

5.4

Being kind, generous, and willing to share feelings honestly

stresses purely free giving rather than emotional openness or honesty

Antonyms

stinginess

1 6.8

A habit of not wanting to give or spend money

miserliness

1 8.2

Not wanting to spend money, even on small things you need

How Generous

munificence

Formal

1 9.9

openhandedness

7.2

liberality

1 7.0

generosity

128 2.1

charitableness

5.3

Surface Forms

openhandedness singular

openhandednesses plural

Morphology

openhandedness = open-handed (transparent) = open + hand + ed + ness

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'open-handed' (open + -ed), so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word openhandedness is made from open, hand, and -ness, so imagine someone holding out an open hand to give something. That's why openhandedness means 'the quality of being very generous and willing to give'.