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Generous in treating or judging others.

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Usage examples (37)
  • In proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine.
  • He is, in short, magnanimous (for instance, he forgives his enemies their offences).
  • Their answer is for a platonic oligarchy of a rich class which in magnanimous good will is supposed to provide "jobs" for the middle class.
  • Would our city leaders be this magnanimous were the victims black and the attackers white?
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