as in generosity
the quality of displaying kind or generous treatment toward others especially when they are undeserving of it
I can't believe she had the magnanimity to forgive that drunk driver who wrecked her car.
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Recent Examples of magnanimity
That is not usually a magnanimity of spirit commensurate with the extreme type of non-empathetic person.
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
There’s a moving moment of magnanimity, which won’t be given away here, that proves the underlying dignity of a people broken by an authoritarian state.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Burnett expected her team to match her mood of upbeat magnanimity.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
How naive of me to expect that those in the public eye would at least pretend to possess tact, diplomacy, magnanimity and graciousness rather than bark and growl like an angry pit bull on a thick clanking chain.
—Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
There’s a moving moment of magnanimity, which won’t be given away here, that proves the underlying dignity of a people broken by an authoritarian state.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Burnett expected her team to match her mood of upbeat magnanimity.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
How naive of me to expect that those in the public eye would at least pretend to possess tact, diplomacy, magnanimity and graciousness rather than bark and growl like an angry pit bull on a thick clanking chain.
—Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnanimity
generosity
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Creative self-expression and generosity of spirit are themes as the moon harmonizes with Jupiter!—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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His generosity was shown on ABC 7 Chicago this past December.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Magnanimity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnanimity. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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