largesse

noun

1 Tupper took advantage of his friend's largesse:

generosity, liberality, munificence, bounty, bountifulness, beneficence, benefaction, altruism, charity, philanthropy, magnanimity, benevolence, charitableness, open-handedness, kindness, big-heartedness, great-heartedness, lavishness, free-handedness, unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial;

historical almsgiving.

▷antonyms meanness, miserliness.

2 he had distributed largesse to the locals:

gifts, presents, donations, handouts, endowments, grants, aid, alms, offerings, favors, contributions;

patronage, sponsorship, backing, help.