generous interpretation

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meaningsofgenerousandinterpretation

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generous
adjective
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/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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interpretation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˌtɜː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌtɝː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/
an explanation or opinion of what ...
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(Definition ofgenerousandinterpretationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He is a sort of know-it-all, always looking for the leastgenerousinterpretation.
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I should stress that that is agenerousinterpretation.
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Some of them are apt to give agenerousinterpretationof the rules and regulations, and others are apt to do the opposite.
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He has told us that it is proposed to give agenerousinterpretationto the maintenance provisions.
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This is on the moregenerousinterpretationbefore the one we have now.
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On all sides there is recognition of human administration and agenerousinterpretationof the war pension provisions.
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That was rather agenerousinterpretation, so we are removing that provision and putting firemen in the same position as police officers.
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There is scope for them to live here without any official documentation; there is agenerousinterpretationof asylum law.
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Within the existing provisions there are wide margins for discretion and the exercise of agenerousinterpretation.
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I do not think that amendment is necessary so much as agenerousinterpretation.
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That is agenerousinterpretationof events.
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I venture to hope that a mostgenerousinterpretationwill be put upon this matter, in order that this right may be safeguarded.
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The other aspect of this clause which concerns us to some extent is what seems to us a rathergenerousinterpretationof the time factor.
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I plead for the mostgenerousinterpretationof what constitutes a householder.
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We consider that a much moregenerousinterpretationof this provision should be insisted upon.
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We ought to give the mostgenerousinterpretationto every case that comes forward.
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There should be a moregenerousinterpretation.
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However, on the mostgenerousinterpretation, let us suppose that we get 4,000 places for unemployed people over 18.
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Indeed, they a re allowed a moregenerousinterpretation; namely, a belief.
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If one takes the impact on the individual's existing income, a much moregenerousinterpretationmust be made.
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