greatheartedness
Expansive moral spirit
Greatheartedness is exceptional generosity of spirit—a willingness to give, forgive, and act nobly beyond what circumstances require.
The greathearted person responds to difficulty with courage and to others with magnanimity rather than pettiness: Her greatheartedness in forgiving those who wronged her moved everyone.
The quality suggests both emotional largeness and moral courage.
Transferring to another
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- munificenceLavish, princely generosity
- largesseGenerous gift-giving
openhandedness · liberality · benefaction · donation · gift · contribution · endowment · sponsorship
High regard, moral dignity
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- dignityInnate personal worth
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
gallantry · heroism · courage · valor · righteousness · selflessness · altruism · principled
Compassion toward offenders
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
forbearance · tolerance · indulgence · understanding · grace · reconciliation · amnesty · exoneration
Sharing another's emotions
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- caringShowing kind concern
- warmthHeat you feel
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
tenderness · sympathy · understanding · sensitivity · consideration · humanity · solicitude · concern
giving
Transferring to another
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- munificenceLavish, princely generosity
largesse · openhandedness · liberality · benefaction · donation · gift · contribution · endowment · sponsorship · patronage
honor
High regard, moral dignity
chivalry · gallantry · heroism · courage · valor · righteousness · selflessness · altruism · principled · ethics
mercy
Compassion toward offenders
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
absolution · forbearance · tolerance · indulgence · understanding · grace · reconciliation · amnesty · exoneration · compassion
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
gentleness · tenderness · sympathy · understanding · sensitivity · consideration · humanity · solicitude · concern · comfort
greatheartednesspettiness
Focus on insignificant matters
meanness · stinginess · small-mindedness · miserliness · niggardliness
greatheartednesscowardice
Absence of bravery
pusillanimity · timidity · cravenness · faintheartedness · spinelessness
greatheartednessbaseness
Moral worthlessness
ignobility · vileness · wretchedness · contemptibility · low-mindedness
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