magnanimity

n., pl. -ties.

1. The quality of being magnanimous.
2. A magnanimous act.

noun

The quality or state of being generous: big-heartedness, bounteousness, bountifulness, freehandedness, generosity, generousness, great-heartedness, large-heartedness, lavishness, liberality, magnanimousness, munificence, openhandedness, unselfishness, unsparingness. See give/take/reciprocity.

n

Definition: generosity
Antonyms: meanness, selfishness

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IN BRIEF: Generosity in overlooking injury or insult.

Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear. — Seneca (4 BC-65 AD)

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: extremely liberal generosity of spirit
  Synonyms: munificence, largess, largesse, openhandedness

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