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
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.
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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
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
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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
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
See All Example Sentences for magnanimity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnanimity
generosity
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His investment in human connection through generosity became his highest-performing sales channel.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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The fallen soldiers, ages 20 to 42, earned praise from families for devotion to service, generosity and commitment to others.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Magnanimity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnanimity. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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