Synonyms of magnanimity

magnanimity

noun

as in generosity

the quality of displaying kind or generous treatment toward others especially when they are undeserving of it

I can't believe she had the magnanimity to forgive that drunk driver who wrecked her car.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generosity
• grace
• kindness
• altruism
• mercy
• compassion
• nobleness
• mercifulness
• nobility
• sympathy
• empathy
• humanitarianism
• understanding
• pity
• tenderness
• high-mindedness
• philanthropy
• goodness
• benevolence
• gentleness
• goodwill
• bigheartedness
• meekness
• kindliness
• humaneness
• softness
• commiseration
• forbearance
• clemency
• affection
• mildness
• leniency
• lenity
• favor
• devotion
• niceness
• lenience
• worship
• love
• care
• charity
• quarter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ruthlessness
• revenge
• vengeance
• retaliation
• retribution
• cruelty
• vindictiveness
• violence
• virulence
• punishment
• savagery
• brutality
• spite
• barbarity
• reprisal
• viciousness
• hatred
• venom
• uncharitableness
• mercilessness
• discipline
• sadism
• truculence
• vitriol
• savageness
• malice
• requital
• pitilessness
• wantonness
• atrocity
• meanness
• hard-heartedness
• hostility
• malevolence
• scolding
• abhorrence
• chastisement
• enmity
• malignity
• antagonism
• hate
• castigation
• animosity
• jealousy
• detestation
• loathing
• spleen
• resentment
• malignancy
• maliciousness
• antipathy
• abomination
• bitterness
• execration
• gall
• nastiness
• spitefulness
• bile
• grudge
• rancor
• jaundice
• pique
• hardness
• harshness
• roughness
• coarseness
• invidiousness
• cattiness
• hatefulness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of magnanimity

Their blankets, representing status and magnanimity, illustrate the sisters’ strong bond. —Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024

This magnanimity won’t surprise anyone who’s read an interview with Kneecap over the past six years, or engaged with them at a level deeper than the superficial projections of tabloid papers or attention-hungry politicians. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024

For all his magnanimity, Mr. Burnham has clashed with the British government. —Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023

But Paxton’s magnanimity was tested during Saturday afternoon’s 10-4 loss against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. —Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023