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magnanimity (iou)



magnanimity noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French magnanimite from Latin magnanimitas, from magnanimus: see MAGNANIMOUS, -ITY.]
Well-founded high regard for oneself manifesting as generosity of spirit and equanimity in the face of trouble etc.; loftiness of thought or purpose; grandeur or nobility of designs or ambition. Now rare. ME.
D. Hume The queen's magnanimity in forming such extensive projects was the more remarkable.
Great courage; fortitude. LME-E19.
A. Willet In courage and magnanimitie superior to Hercules.
Superiority to petty resentment or jealousy, generous disregard of slights; an instance of this. M17.
V. Sackville-West 'You have no notion of my generosity.'..He began to see himself..full of magnanimity. D. Lessing A largeness in them, a magnanimity, a..sweep of understanding.