magnanimous

noble and generous in spirit

Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror.

Lat magnanīmus, great of mind

“Wah! the lion might have crushed him, but that he's magnanimous.”

— George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith

Stellan, sipping tea in Kathmandu, watched a street performer juggle flaming torches. When the crowd laughed at a missed catch, Stellan clapped magnanimously, whispering, "Even kings stumble," to his bemused guide.

At the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Marcus faced his rival, Ignacio, who had just won a prestigious art competition. Without hesitation, Marcus shook Ignacio's hand and congratulated him with such warmth that even the building’s curved titanium waves seemed to glow in admiration of his magnanimous spirit.

“We should be magnanimous and accept it as a magnanimous act", although Tutu was privately frustrated that de Klerk's apology had been qualified and had not gone so far as to call apartheid an intrinsically evil policy.”