magnanimity
mag-na-nim-i-ty / măg-nə-nĭm-ĭ-tē
noun 1. the characteristic of being noble and generous, without pettiness; generosity It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe. Millard Fillmore, 1800 – 1874 2. a noble and generous act of forgiveness or kindness The latter spared him, and this magnanimity Bonaparte subsequently repaid by death. From “War and Peach” by Leo Tolstoy, 1828 - 1910