magnanimous
mag-NAN-uh-musadjMeaning generous and forgiving, especially toward a rival
Memory hook MAGN = BIG, as in MAGNIFY. Dev wins the race, then lifts the trophy with the runner-up and cheers for him too. A heart that big toward a rival is magnanimous.
In a magnanimous gesture, the champion invited the runner-up to share the stage.
In context After winning the chess final, Ada was magnanimous: instead of gloating, she praised her opponent’s bold opening and offered to practice with him.
Similar big-hearted, gracious, generous, forgiving
Opposite petty, vindictive, spiteful
From Latin magnanimus, “great-souled”: magnus (great) + animus (mind, soul).