Translation for 'magnanimous' from English to Dutch

magnanimous

edelmoedig {adj}

• Demosthenes later used this history in a plea for magnanimous statecraft, noting that the Athenians of yesteryear had had good reason to hate the Corinthians and Thebans for their conduct during the Peloponnesian War, yet they bore no malice whatever.
• The Slattery coat of arms which shows three red submissive lions against a white background indicates a family that are magnanimous in warfare and yet kind and warm in peacetime.
• Widely considered to be the inspiration for the magnanimous crime lord Abdel Khader Khan in the 2003 bestselling novel Shantaram, Karim shares personal and behavioral similarities with the fictional mafia don.
• As an adjective, the concept is expressed as "magnanimous", e.g.
• Romba shows himself to be quite different from most of the other pro racers so far encountered, and is not only magnanimous in defeat, but genuinely pleased for Jason, and Jason himself secures a full-time racing position with Team Lombardi.

• He lived like a great king, but was as magnanimous as he was rich. The Harikesanjali Trust (promoted by his descendants) has been established to propagate his compositions.
• The defence, by then in a magnanimous mood, agreed.
• In "Put" (A Journey), a magnanimous allegory, Radičević shows a skill in satirical nomenclature by stigmatizing Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's adversaries who disapproved the reforms of language and orthography.
• He was the last ruler of Sikar, famous for his love of magnanimous buildings, palaces, temples, and ponds. He constructed the clock tower as well as the Kalyan Hospital and college.
• The former Sierra Leone mentor was said to have been a magnanimous person.

• However, he was magnanimous to staff in the Lyon office who had supported the Jacobites.
• According to the "Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku", Yoshimi was magnanimous and excelled since childhood.
• Bermudo returned to his old clerical lifestyle in the same year, dying in the year 797. He would be remembered as a generous, magnanimous, and illustrious king.
• Throughout his life, Zhuge Jin was known for conducting himself with grace and decorum, and for being thoughtful and magnanimous.
• "A magnanimous act. From recent history" ("Eine großmütige Handlung. ...

• In his "Jeebancharit" (or biography), it is said that he was a noble hearted and religious person, and one with a magnanimous personality.
• Tumkur University, Karnataka, conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) on Justice Bhandari for his magnanimous contribution to law and justice.
• He claims that his motivation in competing is the joy of winning, rather than prize money. In addition to his successes, he is known to be magnanimous in defeat.
• He carries a bag on his shoulders which is loaded with fortunes for those who believe in his virtues. Hotei's traits and virtue are contentment, magnanimous and happiness.
• The Mishnah attributed to Abraham a good eye (a magnanimous spirit in financial matters, based, for example, on Abraham's generous and ungrudging nature in his dealings with Ephron the Hittite in [...]).