Definition of "noble-mindedness" [noble-mindedness]

• Elevated ideals or conduct. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "“But, Mamma, suppose I loved a girl who has no fortune, would you expect me to sacrifice my feelings and my honor for the sake of money?” he asked his mother, not realizing the cruelty of his question and only wishing to show his noble-mindedness."
• "All through his life, Jones struggled to put forth his more virtuous, Addisonian self, his capacity for self-sacrifice and noble-mindedness."
• "Enripides probably omitted this fact, in order to place the noble-mindedness of Macaria in a stronger light."