hospitality
noun
[ hɒspɪˈtalɪti ]
• the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.
• "Scotland is renowned for its hospitality"
Similar:
friendliness,
hospitableness,
welcome,
warm reception,
helpfulness,
neighbourliness,
warmth,
warm-heartedness,
kindness,
kind-heartedness,
congeniality,
geniality,
sociability,
conviviality,
cordiality,
amicability,
amenability,
generosity,
liberality,
bountifulness,
open-handedness,
Opposite:
unfriendliness,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French hospitalite, from Latin hospitalitas, from hospitalis ‘hospitable’ (see hospital).
