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magnanimity

noun as in generosity

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Yagman, whose past victories included establishing that lawyers cannot be sanctioned for making disparaging comments about their judges, showed uncharacteristic magnanimity in defeat.

The divinatory meaning of the card is “power, energy, action, courage, and magnanimity,” according to the little white book that accompanies the deck.

Through this conversation, her instructor introduced her to the idea of magnanimity — an unselfishness of spirit that sits at the root of forgiveness.

The best response to China’s economic woes is American economic magnanimity.

“Looking at the magnanimity of the spirit of the man and just thinking, ‘If he can forgive,’” Mr. Joseph said, “‘who am I not to forgive?’”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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