Synonyms of magnanimity

magnanimity

noun

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.

Related Words

• generosity
• grace
• kindness
• altruism
• mercy
• compassion
• nobleness
• mercifulness
• nobility
• sympathy
• empathy
• humanitarianism
• understanding
• pity
• tenderness
• high-mindedness
• philanthropy
• goodness
• benevolence
• gentleness
• goodwill
• bigheartedness
• meekness
• kindliness
• humaneness
• softness
• commiseration
• forbearance
• clemency
• affection
• mildness
• leniency
• lenity
• favor
• devotion
• niceness
• lenience
• worship
• love
• care
• charity
• quarter

Dissimilar Words

• ruthlessness
• revenge
• vengeance
• retaliation
• retribution
• cruelty
• vindictiveness
• violence
• virulence
• punishment
• savagery
• brutality
• spite
• barbarity
• reprisal
• viciousness
• hatred
• venom
• uncharitableness
• mercilessness
• discipline
• sadism
• truculence
• vitriol
• savageness
• malice
• requital
• pitilessness
• wantonness
• atrocity
• meanness
• hard-heartedness
• hostility
• malevolence
• scolding
• abhorrence
• chastisement
• enmity
• malignity
• antagonism
• hate
• castigation
• animosity
• jealousy
• detestation
• loathing
• spleen
• resentment
• malignancy
• maliciousness
• antipathy
• abomination
• bitterness
• execration
• gall
• nastiness
• spitefulness
• bile
• grudge
• rancor
• jaundice
• pique
• hardness
• harshness
• roughness
• coarseness
• invidiousness
• cattiness
• hatefulness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of magnanimity

Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers. —Judy Berman, Time, 20 June 2025

Courage is the habit of moving forward despite fear, and its associated virtues include perseverance, resilience, and magnanimity. —Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025

As Trump’s second term commences, this magnanimity may be at stake. —Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

That level of humility and magnanimity would go a long way these days. —Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024