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Definition of Magnanimity

1. Noun. Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit.

Definition of Magnanimity

1. n. The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.

Definition of Magnanimity

1. Noun. The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul. ¹

2. Noun. That quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects. ¹

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Definition of Magnanimity

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Literary usage of Magnanimity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"No doubt, too, the magnanimity of chivalry in olden times contributed to endear so many ... There is the magnanimity of temper—a generosity of emotion which ..."

2. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"It was at all events a virtue which easily degenerated into a vice; the magnanimity of William Rufus changed, it is allowed, by degrees into needless ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1865)
"I. " OF magnanimity." I WAS lately travelling in a railway carriage, ... And so I fell upon considering the virtue of magnanimity, —whether we know even the ..."

4. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1885)
"... of supply—Grant starts for Chattanooga—Directions to his three armies—Arrival at Chattanooga—Thomas's magnanimity—Lookout valley—Brown's ferry— Plan of ..."

5. First Impressions of England and Its People by Hugh Miller (1851)
"Cowper; his singular magnanimity of Character ; Argument furnished by his latter Religious History against the Selfish Philosophy. — Valley of the Ouse. ..."

6. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"magnanimity, generosity, and all heroic qualities recognise in it their source. cxxix Never complain. To complain always brings discredit. ..."

7. Henry Ward Beecher: A Sketch of His Career: with Analyses of His Power as a by Lyman Abbott, Samuel Byram Halliday (1887)
"magnanimity. Mr. Beecher's career has been distinguished for generosity and magnanimity. He shuts no one out from sympathy because of his religious views. ..."

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