magnanimous
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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
You can even let others know how bountiful and magnanimous you are.
Without their magnanimous support, this report would not have been possible.
Every successive crisis finds him as understanding of others as he is lucid about himself, and his impulse is truly magnanimous.
If so, it is magnanimous of politicians to bother campaigning on any other issues at all.
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