magnanimity
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That’s generous and it takes not a small amount of magnanimity to put aside hurt feelings like that.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
But he added: William "will look benevolent. He will look like he is exercising magnanimity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Thomas Aquinas named it magnanimity, the stretching of the soul toward great things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
In his ambition, Anderson advocates for movement and magnanimity over sitting and spewing, hooking his audience until the journey’s thrilling end, suggesting that the story’s conclusion might just be a brand new start.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025
Smith’s protectiveness had given way to confident magnanimity.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Not the Peaceable magnanimities, but the Warlike, are the thing appointed Friedrich this winter, and mainly henceforth.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Thomas Carlyle
It shows us both the beauty and strength of his personality and his cruelty, evasions, magnanimities, and lusts.
From Mahomet Founder of Islam by Gladys M. Draycott
The magnanimities of the Anglo-Saxon races are rising to greet one another.
From Out To Win The Story of America in France by Coningsby Dawson
For the first two or three months, Peter was the idol of all the world: such generosities and magnanimities; Such zeal and diligence, one magnanimous improvement following another!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
He noted all the Apostate's foibles by the side of his virtues and his magnanimities.
From Henrik Ibsen by Edmund Gosse
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The Declaration of Independence
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