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What does magnanimity mean?

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Noun
  1. The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul.
  2. That quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objectives.
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It dawned on me that all the friends I had made, all two of them, were nabobs, and both had magnanimity.
While compassion makes us feel the richer for our magnanimity, justice stirs up far more complex emotions of self-justification and equivocation.
A moment afterwards she has reason to regret her magnanimity, for she has to deal with a villain who will stick at nothing.
Whether Gandhi made her move out of shrewd calculation or simple magnanimity, it was a political master stroke.
Positive values include an instruction to be just and fair, to value generosity or magnanimity, to demonstrate honesty and cooperation.
In my fragile state, however, I felt like I was the beneficiary of a world-shaking magnanimity.

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