magnanimousadjective
uk/mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/us/mæɡˈnæn.ə.məs/formalvery kind and generous towards an enemy or someone you have defeated:
The team's manager was magnanimous in victory, and praised the losing team.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lenient & merciful
- charitable
- charitably
- charity
- clemency
- ease
- ease up/off
- easy
- go easy idiom
- have a heart! idiom
- heart
- lenient
- merciful
- mercy
- quarter
magnanimity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌmæɡ.nəˈnɪm.ə.ti/us/ˌmæɡ.nəˈnɪm.ə.t̬i/
magnanimously
adverb uk/mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs.li/us/mæɡˈnæn.ə.məs.li/
"The best man won," he said, magnanimously conceding defeat.