magnanimity
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Thomas Aquinas named it magnanimity, the stretching of the soul toward great things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
He dealt with the disappointment with magnanimity and played on.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
In his ambition, Anderson advocates for movement and magnanimity over sitting and spewing, hooking his audience until the journey’s thrilling end, suggesting that the story’s conclusion might just be a brand new start.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025
Instead, he responded with joking faux magnanimity: “I try not to blame women on their own,” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2025
Smith’s protectiveness had given way to confident magnanimity.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
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
It but struck a still loftier chord in the bosom of the son, and filled him with infinite magnanimities.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
The magnanimities of the Anglo-Saxon races are rising to greet one another.
From Out To Win The Story of America in France by Coningsby Dawson
Not the Peaceable magnanimities, but the Warlike, are the thing appointed Friedrich this winter, and mainly henceforth.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Thomas Carlyle
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The Declaration of Independence
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