From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Magnanimous \Mag*nan"i*mous\, adjective[L. magnanimus; magnus great + animus mind. See {Magnate}, and {Animus}.]
1. 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.
Be magnanimous in the enterprise. --Shak.
To give a kingdom hath been thought Greater and nobler done, and to lay down Far more magnanimous than to assume. --Milton.
2. Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish.
Both strived for death; magnanimous debate. --Stirling.
There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity. --Washington.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror" [syn: {greathearted}]
2: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: {big}, {large}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "magnanimous": altruistic, august, benevolent, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, chivalrous, conciliatory, considerate, distinguished, elevated, eminent, exalted, famous, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, glorious, godlike, gracious, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, heroic, high, high-minded, hospitable, idealistic, indulgent, kind, knightly, large, largehearted, lauded, lavish, lenient, liberal, lofty, long-suffering, longanimous, magnificent, majestic, munificent, noble, noble-minded, open, openhanded, openhearted, patient, placable, princely, profuse, prominent, renowned, soaring, sparing, stintless, sublime, superb, tolerant, tolerating, towering, ungrudging, unresentful, unrevengeful, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
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