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

Its peril lies in global fragmentation, weakened alliances, and a China that pockets newfound influence without offering openness or magnanimity in return. —Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026

That is not usually a magnanimity of spirit commensurate with the extreme type of non-empathetic person. —Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025

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. —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025

Burnett expected her team to match her mood of upbeat magnanimity. —Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025