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MAGNANIMITY

Greatness of soul. It looks especially to honor and seeks to perform noble deeds. Its object is to perform actions that faith tells a person are great in the eyes of God, no matter what people may think of one's conduct. (Etym. Latin magnus, great + animus, mind: magnanimitas.)