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magnanimity

N ความใจกว้าง  ความ ใจบุญ  การ มี จิตใจ สูงส่ง  charitableness munificence generosity vindictiveness selfishness kwam-jai-kwang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAGNANIMITY

n.[L. magnanimitas; magnus, great, and animus, mind. ] Greatness of mind; that elevation or dignity of soul, which encounters danger and trouble with tranquillity and firmness, which raises the possessor above revenge, and makes him delight in acts of benevolence, which makes him disdain injustice and meanness, and prompts him to sacrifice personal ease, interest and safety for the accomplishment of useful and noble objects.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MAGNANIMITY

Mag `na *nim "i *ty, n. Etym: [F. magnanimité, L. magnanimitas.]

 

Defn: The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

magnanimity

mag na nim i ty |ˌmagnəˈnimətē mæɡnəˈnɪməti | noun the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity: both sides will have to show magnanimity.

 

Oxford Dictionary

magnanimity

magnanimity |magnəˈnɪmɪti | noun [ mass noun ] the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity: both sides will have to show magnanimity.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

magnanimity

magnanimity noun Herbert's magnanimity in making do with the smaller bedroom: generosity, charitableness, charity, benevolence, beneficence, open-handedness, big-heartedness, great-heartedness, liberality, humanity, nobility, chivalry, kindness, munificence, bountifulness, bounty, largesse, altruism, philanthropy; unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial; clemency, mercy, leniency, forgiveness, indulgence. ANTONYMS meanness, selfishness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

magnanimity

mag na nim i ty /mæ̀ɡnənɪ́məti /名詞 -ties U 度量の大きいこと, 寛大さ, 太っ腹 ; C そのような行為 .