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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

They populate the nearby Hall of Political Diligence and have ensconced their National People's Congress in the Hall of Magnanimity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Magnanimity "was not a word I use in connection with the Falklands," she told a television interviewer at midweek.

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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