magnanimity
Gracious spirit shown
Magnanimity is generosity of spirit, especially toward rivals or those who have wronged you.
The word implies rising above pettiness or the desire for revenge: In victory, she showed magnanimity toward her defeated opponent.
Someone with magnanimity forgives slights, shares credit freely, and doesn't keep score.
The quality suggests both moral elevation and a certain largeness of character—being too big to be brought down by small grievances.
Prioritizing others over oneself
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
goodwill · philanthropy · humanitarianism · empathy · caring · unselfishness · beneficence · helpfulness
Merciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- leniencyMildness in punishment
absolution · forbearance · indulgence · amnesty · reprieve · condonation · exoneration · reconciliation
Generous gift-giving
- munificenceLavish, princely generosity
- openhandednessLiberal giving disposition
- bountifulnessAmple, generous supply
- liberalityGenerous spirit or giving
bigheartedness · giving · lavishness · beneficence · graciousness · freehandedness · bounty · gift-giving
selflessness
Prioritizing others over oneself
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- charityVoluntary aid for others
kindness · goodwill · philanthropy · humanitarianism · empathy · caring · unselfishness · beneficence · helpfulness · solidarity
clemency
Merciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
leniency · absolution · forbearance · indulgence · amnesty · reprieve · condonation · exoneration · reconciliation · overlooking
largesse
Generous gift-giving
- munificenceLavish, princely generosity
- openhandednessLiberal giving disposition
- bountifulnessAmple, generous supply
liberality · bigheartedness · giving · lavishness · beneficence · graciousness · freehandedness · bounty · gift-giving · unstinting
high-mindedness
Moral elevation, principled integrity
honor · virtue · chivalry · gallantry · elevation · grandeur · sublimity · gentility · courtliness · stateliness
- benevolencealtruism, benevolence, charity work, generosity, giving
- charitycharity, charities, donations, donation, donating
- compassionsympathy, empathy, caring, kindness, tenderness
- generositygiving, benevolence, donations, gifts, liberality
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- kindnesskindness, niceness, goodness, gentleness, empathy
magnanimityselfishness
Excessive concern for oneself
meanness · greed · stinginess · avarice · greediness
magnanimitypettiness
Focus on insignificant matters
small-mindedness · paltriness · meanness · baseness · ignobility
magnanimityvindictiveness
Disposition toward retaliation
spitefulness · vengefulness · revengefulness · pettiness · spleen
animal, magnify, animation, animate, animosity, magnitude, magnate, magnanimous, magna