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magnanimity

[mag-nuh-nim-i-tee] / ˌmæg nəˈnɪm ɪ ti /
NOUN
generosity
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That’s generous and it takes not a small amount of magnanimity to put aside hurt feelings like that.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

But he added: William "will look benevolent. He will look like he is exercising magnanimity."

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Thomas Aquinas named it magnanimity, the stretching of the soul toward great things.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

But the federal government’s magnanimity did not end there.

From Salon Feb. 19, 2026

In a while, the magnanimity of the rich would complete the picture.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

For the first two or three months, Peter was the idol of all the world: such generosities and magnanimities; Such zeal and diligence, one magnanimous improvement following another!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle

It shows us both the beauty and strength of his personality and his cruelty, evasions, magnanimities, and lusts.

From Mahomet Founder of Islam by Gladys M. Draycott

Henceforward, arise, aspire To all the calms and magnanimities, The lofty uses and the noble ends, The sanctified devotion and full work, To which thou art elect for evermore, First woman, wife, and mother!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"The new order won't be brought about by idle optimism any more than by prayers, or politics, or private magnanimities."

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins

A most momentous resolution; not the peaceable magnanimities, but the warlike, are the thing appointed for Frederick henceforth.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton




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