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# magnanimous

«magnanimous» in Mova's school dictionary: **very generous and noble, ready to forgive and to put…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more magnanimous, most magnanimous) (formal)

### meaning for a pupil

Magnanimous means very generous and noble, ready to forgive and to put others first, even when you could take advantage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnanimous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero who gives up a prize or spares an enemy out of fairness and kindness

### examples

- "You are too magnanimous, thus to fight for your friend and run the risk of being killed." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnanimous/#x1)
- A magnanimous dispute now arose between the friends, and each besought the other to accept the precious privilege of life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnanimous/#x2)
- Theseus was far too magnanimous to assault his enemy with insolent language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnanimous/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «magnanimous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnanimous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.