1. magnanimous - Adjective
2. magnanimous - Adjective Satellite
Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror.
Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. Leon Trotsky
Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere. Van Wyck Brooks
For it is true now, as it always was and always will be, that to be free is the same thing as to be pious, to be wise, to be temperate and just, to be frugal and abstinent, and to be magnanimous and brave; and to be the opposite of all these is the same as to be a slave. Albert Pike
A very magnanimous statement, Gideon,” said Magnus. "I'm Gabriel.” Magnus waved a hand. "All Lightwoods look the same to me. Cassandra Clare
Great God! I thought to myself, how my heart swells out out to such magnanimous touch of humanity. Why do men fight who were born to be brothers? James Longstreet
Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it. Cheryl Strayed