Antonyms for avarice
ˈæv ər ɪsavarice

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1. avaricenoun

   Synonyms:
   avariciousness

2. avaricenoun

   Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

   Synonyms:
   avariciousness

3. avaricenoun

   Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

   Synonyms:
   avariciousness

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1. avarice

   Antonyms:
   large-heartedness, unselfishness, liberality, bountifulness, profuseness, squander, prodigality, extravagance, waste

   Synonyms:
   greed, cupidity, rapacity, penuriousness, niggardliness, miserliness, stinginess, covetousness, acquisitiveness, griping, greediness

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1. avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritianoun

   reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   Synonyms:
   cupidity, voracity, esurience, avariciousness, greed, avaritia, edacity, covetousness, voraciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness

2. avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupiditynoun

   extreme greed for material wealth

   Synonyms:
   rapacity, cupidity, greed, avariciousness, covetousness, avaritia

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1. avaricenoun

   Synonyms:
   cupidity

How to use avarice in a sentence?

1. Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter:

   Today is a bittersweet day for the Tony Satterfield and Harriott Families, avarice and betrayal of trust are at the heart of this matter. Lawsuits and claims are not vehicles for Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter, defendants and/or friends to enrich themselves at the expense of their clients. These belong to the clients and the clients only. This is the sacred trust that lawyers and fiduciaries owe their clients. 100 % fidelity and never putting their interests over the clients.

2. Alexander Hamilton, P. 217 - A History of the American People by P. Johnson:

   Every man ought to be supposed a knave, and to have no other end, in all his actions, but private interest. By this interest we must govern him, and by means of it, make him cooperate to public good, notwithstanding his unsatiable avarice and ambition.

3. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson:

   My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them

4. Charles Caleb Colton:

   Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

5. Walter Savage Landor:

   Ambition is but avarice on stilts and masked.

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