magnanimous
Use Magnanimous in a sentence
ə adjective
1.
generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
2.
high-minded; noble: a just and magnanimous ruler.
3.
proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character, etc.: a magnanimous gesture of forgiveness.
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| —adj | |
| generous and noble | |
| [C16: from Latin magnanimus great-souled] | |
| mag'nanimously | |
| —adv | |
| mag'nanimousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
magnanimous
1580s, from L. magnanimus "highminded," lit. "great-souled" (see magnanimity). Related: Magnanimously.
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Example sentences
There certainly are quite a few magnanimous souls here today.
There is the beloved monarch, magnanimous and complacent.
It is important to co-ordinate these with equally magnanimous discoveries in microbiology.
Nevertheless, in the context of indemnitee-indemnitor litigation, courts are not so magnanimous.
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