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  • 61United States —    The dissemination of Hindu thought and practice in the United States began before any Hindu teacher entered America. Ironically, the assimilation of immigrants from India has not been a primary vehicle for the introduction or popularization of …

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  • 62bounty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grant, subsidy; premium; generosity, munificence. See payment, liberality. Ant., miserliness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A recompense] Syn. prize, premium, bonus; see pay 1 , 2 , premium . 2. [Liberality] …

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  • 63breadth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measure from side to side Nouns breadth, width, broadness, scope, extent, latitude, amplitude, spaciousness, expanse, beam; diameter, bore, caliber, radius; thickness, bulk, corpulence (See size). See… …

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  • 64hospitality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sociality, cordiality, welcome, entertainment. See liberality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Entertainment] Syn. accommodation, good cheer, warm welcome, warm reception, conviviality, companionship, good… …

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  • 65tolerance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. toleration, allowance; moderation, temperance, endurance, forbearance, sufferance, laxity; clemency, leniency. See permission, feeling, inexcitability, liberality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Open… …

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  • 66Disinterestedness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disinterestedness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disinterestedness disinterestedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 generosity generosity Sgm: N 1 liberality liberality liberalism Sgm: N 1 altruism altruism Sgm: N 1 benevolence …

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  • 67generosity — noun 1) the generosity of our host Syn: liberality, lavishness, magnanimity, munificence, openhandedness, free handedness, unselfishness; kindness, benevolence, altruism, charity, big heartedness, goodness; literary bounteousness 2) the… …

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  • 68profusion — [prō fyo͞o′zhən, prəfyo͞o′zhən] n. [Fr < L profusio < profusus: see PROFUSE] 1. a pouring forth with great liberality or wastefulness 2. great liberality or wastefulness 3. rich or lavish supply; abundance …

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  • 69largess — noun 1. a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously • Syn: ↑largesse • Hypernyms: ↑gift 2. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit • Syn: ↑munificence, ↑ …

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  • 70magnanimity — noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit • Syn: ↑munificence, ↑largess, ↑largesse, ↑openhandedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑openhanded (for: ↑openhand …

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