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Synonyms & Antonyms of magnanimity
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.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for magnanimity
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for magnanimity
- atrocity,
- barbarity,
- brutality,
- cruelty,
- sadism,
- savageness,
- savagery,
- truculence,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- wantonness
- cattiness,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- maliciousness,
- malignancy,
- malignity,
- meanness,
- nastiness,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- spleen
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The first known use of magnanimity was in the 14th century
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