Magnanimity is the name for a certain kind of kindness: you could be hard on someone — especially someone you have just beaten — and you choose to be generous instead. A winner who does not keep talking about the win, a boss who does not punish a worker for an honest mistake, a country that treats a defeated enemy with respect: those are pictures of magnanimity. The word is formal and a little old. You will meet it in books, speeches, and careful news more than in ordinary talk. Younger people are more likely to say “that was big of her” or “he was very generous.” The dictionary answer is “kindness after a victory,” and that is the heart of it — though actually people also stretch it to any moment when the stronger person refuses to be small.

寬宏大量；雅量