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magnanimity

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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

altruism,
bigheartedness,
generosity

high-mindedness,
nobility,
nobleness

humanitarianism,
philanthropy

empathy,
pity,
sympathy,
understanding

commiseration,
favor,
grace

benevolence,
care,
compassion,
gentleness,
goodness,
goodwill,
humaneness,
kindliness,
kindness,
meekness,
mildness,
niceness,
softness,
tenderness

charity,
clemency,
forbearance,
lenience,
leniency,
lenity,
mercifulness,
mercy,
quarter

affection,
devotion,
love,
worship

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for magnanimity

hard-heartedness,
mercilessness,
pitilessness,
ruthlessness,
uncharitableness

reprisal,
requital,
retaliation,
retribution,
revenge,
vengeance

venom,
vindictiveness,
virulence,
vitriol

atrocity,
barbarity,
brutality,
cruelty,
sadism,
savageness,
savagery,
truculence,
viciousness,
violence,
wantonness

castigation,
chastisement,
discipline,
punishment,
scolding

abhorrence,
abomination,
detestation,
execration,
hate,
hatred,
loathing

cattiness,
malevolence,
malice,
maliciousness,
malignancy,
malignity,
meanness,
nastiness,
spite,
spitefulness,
spleen

animosity,
antagonism,
antipathy,
bitterness,
enmity,
gall,
grudge,
hostility,
jealousy,
pique,
resentment

bile,
jaundice,
rancor

hatefulness,
invidiousness

coarseness,
hardness,
harshness,
roughness

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“Magnanimity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnanimity. Accessed 27 Sep. 2021.

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