Magnanimity definition

măgnə-nĭmĭ-tē
The quality or state of being magnanimous.
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A magnanimous act.
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A magnanimous act.
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That quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.
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The quality of being magnanimous.
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Magnanimity is defined as the state of being very generous, either literally or in spirit, or the fact of showing great generosity and giving great gifts.

When you are very generous to everyone around and you give great gifts, this is an example of magnanimity.

When you rise above your anger and forgive someone who may not deserve to be forgiven, this generosity of spirit is an example of magnanimity.

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The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Magnanimity Sentence Examples

  • No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.

  • It wants only the magnanimity and refinement.

  • The conflict of magnanimity between the mother and the daughter, ending in the mother's sacrificing herself and offering her daughter in marriage to her lover, even now agitated the captain, though it was the memory of a distant past.

  • Showing considerable magnanimity, he promised to grant to each of them half the revenues of the lands in which they were his destined heirs, and a certain number of castles to hold as their own.

  • Despite his seniority in rank Bagration, in this contest of magnanimity, took his orders from Barclay, but, having submitted, agreed with him less than ever.

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