magnanimity

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Etymology

From Middle French magnanimité, from Old French [Term?], from Latin magnanimitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡnəˈnɪmɪti/

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Noun

magnanimity (countable and uncountable, plural magnanimities)

1. The quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 206:

     ...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."

   • 2005 [1868–9], Anthony Briggs, transl., War and Peace, Penguin Classics, translation of Война́ и миръ by Leo Tolstoy, Volume I, Part 1, Chapter 4, page 15:

     The duke had not taken advantage of this, but Bonaparte had later rewarded his magnanimity by having him put to death.

Synonyms

• magnanimousness

Related terms

• magnanimous

Translations

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

Arabic: شهامَة Catalan: magnanimitat f Chinese: Mandarin: 寬宏大量 / 宽宏大量 (zh) (kuānhóngdàliàng), 大度 (zh) (dàdù) Czech: velkodušnost (cs) Danish: storsind n, højsind n, ædelmod n, ædelmodighed c Dutch: grootmoedigheid (nl) f Esperanto: grandanimeco French: magnanimité (fr) f Galician: magnanimidade (gl) f German: Großmut (de) m, Großzügigkeit (de) f, Seelengröße (de) f, Großmütigkeit (de) f, Großherzigkeit (de) f, Edelmut (de) m Greek: μεγαλοψυχία (el) f (megalopsychía) Hungarian: nagylelkűség (hu) Ido: grandanmeso Irish: móraigeantacht f, mórintinn f, gart m (literary) Italian: magnanimità (it) f Japanese: 寛大さ (ja) (かんだいさ, kandai-sa) Korean: 활달(豁達) (ko) (hwaldal) Latin: magnanimitas f Latvian: augstsirdība f Macedonian: велико́душност f (velikódušnost) Norwegian: Bokmål: storsinnethet m or f, høysinn n, høymodighet m or f Polish: wielkoduszność (pl) f, wspaniałomyślność (pl) f Portuguese: magnanimidade (pt) f Russian: великоду́шие (ru) n (velikodúšije) Spanish: magnanimidad (es) f, generosidad (es) f Ukrainian: великоду́шність f (velykodúšnistʹ) Welsh: eangfrydedd m, haelfrydedd m

References

• “magnanimity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.