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magnanimity

[mag-nuh-nim-i-tee] / ˌmæg nəˈnɪm ɪ ti /
NOUN
generosity
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His first published book, in 1978, with the late Wilbur Sanders, to whom this novel is dedicated, was “Shakespeare’s Magnanimity: Four Tragic Heroes, Their Friends and Families.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2016

Magnanimity, winsomeness and grace aren’t antithetical to conservatism.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2015

Missing from the flags and bunting that decorated Peking's vast, Red-built Magnanimity Hall were the customary huge portraits of the party leader.

From Time Magazine Archive

Magnanimity apart, continuing recession in Europe and Canada, which provide important markets for American goods, is certain to impede U.S. trade and the recovery in general.

From Time Magazine Archive

But such expectations were obviously too much for such a duplicitous character as Hamilton, who lacked “the Spirit to Maintain or the Magnanimity to retract” his own words.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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