Nobleness
['nəublnis]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Greatness, dignity, magnanimity, elevation, superiority, worthiness, nobility, loftiness of character, moral excellence.[2]. Stateliness, grandeur, magnificence.
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Examples
- And at his side let us place the just man in his nobleness and simplicity, wishing, as Aeschylus says, to be and not to seem good. Plato. The Republic.
- Gerald expected to find some handsomeness or nobleness, to account for a woman's subjection. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You've a deal more principle and generosity and nobleness of character than I ever gave you credit for, Amy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I did hope you had had nobleness enough in you to make you pay her the homage of the heart. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But there is nobleness in the name of Edmund. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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