Definition of "magnanimity" noun countable and uncountable , plural magnanimities
The quality of being magnanimous ; greatness of mind ; elevation or dignity of soul . quotations examples
Quotations ...and thirdly , I have I behaved exceedingly ill to you , and , consequently , feel it quite magnanimous not to hate you , which is the established rule on such occasions .""Pray , continue your magnanimity ."
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 206
The duke had not taken advantage of this, but Bonaparte had later rewarded his magnanimity by having him put to death .
2005 , Anthony Briggs, transl., War and Peace, Penguin Classics, translation of Война́ и миръ by Leo Tolstoy, Volume I, Part 1, Chapter 4, page 15