magnanimity

English

Noun

magnanimity (uncountable)

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 objects.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Translations

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

Arabic: شهامة (ar) Chinese: Mandarin: 氣度 (zh), 气度 (zh) (qìdù) Dutch: grootmoedigheid (nl) f. French: magnanimité (fr) f. German: Großmut (de) m.

Ido: grandanmeso (io) Irish: móraigeantacht (ga) f. Japanese: 寛大 (ja) (かんだい, kandai) Russian: великодушие (ru) (velikodúšije) n. Spanish: magnanimidad (es) f.