magnanimity

[ mag-nuh-nim-i-tee ]

/ ˌmæg nəˈnɪm ɪ ti /

the quality of being magnanimous.

a magnanimous act.

Origin of magnanimity

1300–50; Middle English magnanimite < Latin magnanimitās. See magnanimous, -ity

Yet, sadly, neither talent nor ambition cultivates prudence, wisdom, love, or magnanimity.

Miley Cyrus's Smartest Tattoo |James Poulos |September 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In this imagined West Bank, anything the Palestinians “get” will be a reflection of Israeli magnanimity, not Palestinian rights.

Clinging to a Virtual Reality |Lara Friedman, Daniel Seidemann |May 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
While the hope of compromise lingered, he had gone to the extreme of magnanimity, but the time for conciliation was past.

Stephen Arnold Douglas |William Garrott Brown
From this new perfidy of life taking upon itself the form of magnanimity.

Chance |Joseph Conrad

The allusion to magnanimity produced some derisive laughs, which slightly nettled Matthew.

Round the Block |John Bell Bouton
And these reflections would cause his heart to taste once more the sensuous joy of "magnanimity."

Fathers and Sons |Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Whether those acts of his are to be ascribed to magnanimity or narrow-mindedness the reader must decide for himself.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II |Aubrey Stewart & George Long

magnanimity

/ (ˌmæɡnəˈnɪmɪtɪ) /

generosity

C14: via Old French from Latin magnanimitās, from magnus great + animus soul