magnanimous.

Generous and forgiving, especially toward rivals or those with less power.

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Words that belong together

• magnanimous gesture
• magnanimous victor

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The magnanimous victor restored the prisoners’ property.

Her magnanimous gesture ended the quarrel.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more magnanimous; superlative most magnanimous where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.