: the quality of being magnanimous: loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
He had the magnanimity to forgive her for lying about him.
the great magnanimities between soldiers Katharine Tynan
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Recent Examples on the WebThe magnanimity in victory displayed by President Abraham Lincoln and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and the conciliatory attitude adopted by Lee, are a testament to the three men’s character and love of country.WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022 That's a supremely easy position from which to display magnanimity. Damon Linker, The Week, 27 Jan. 2022 Moving forward, the ability of uninsured Connecticut residents to get COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatment could depend largely on the magnanimity of care providers. Alex Putterman, courant.com, 1 Apr. 2022 Much better to strike a pose of magnanimity on the least bad of several options in order to strengthen his hand down the road — which means the 2022 midterm elections, and ultimately the presidential contest to follow. Damon Linker, The Week, 10 Aug. 2021 In an act of presidential magnanimity, Biden officially pardoned both turkeys, who accepted the honor with what appeared to be calm indifference.Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021 When McConnell surrendered, did Democrats voice the magnanimity of the true champion? Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Oct. 2021 In Fitzgerald’s critique, restorative justice outsources the prosecution of crime to the whims of a victim, when that person’s vengefulness or magnanimity should be irrelevant to public justice. Michelle Kuo, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020 Colón emphasizes the principles that sharpened his ambition: magnanimity, humility, courage, perseverance and temperance. Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2021 See More