English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "edelheid" is die kwaliteit van edelwees, wat na verskeie verwante kenmerke kan verwys. Dit kan die volgende insluit:Om hoë morele beginsels en waardes te hê, veral met betrekking tot om ander te help of om te doen wat reg is.Om waardigheid, grasie en verfyning in 'n mens se gedrag te toon. , spraak en voorkoms.Behoort tot 'n bevoorregte of aristokratiese sosiale klas, dikwels met titels of oorerflike eerbewyse.Om van uitstekende of voortreflike kwaliteit te wees, soos 'n edelmetaal of 'n edel druifsoort.Oor die algemeen word edelheid dikwels geassosieer met kenmerke van eer, edelheid en uitnemendheid, hetsy in persoonlike gedrag of in ander domeine.

Synonyms

  1. magnanimousness
  2. grandeur
  3. nobility

Sentence Examples

  1. This movement did not escape Fouquet, who, full of nobleness and pride in his magnanimity, threw his sword to a distance from him, and approached Aramis so close as to touch his shoulder with his disarmed hand.
  2. We have to slay pride in giants, envy by generosity and nobleness of heart, anger by calmness of demeanour and equanimity, gluttony and sloth by the spareness of our diet and the length of our vigils, lust and lewdness by the loyalty we preserve to those whom we have made the mistresses of our thoughts, indolence by traversing the world in all directions seeking opportunities of making ourselves, besides Christians, famous knights.
  3. In spite of himself the king could not but admire her he was overpowered by the passionate energy of her voice by the nobleness of the cause she advocated.
  4. This sight reminded me of falconry and what nobleness and poetry are associated with that sport.
  5. In all that he says and does he is simply repeating the lesson he has learned from his books and therefore, it is absurd to speak of him in the gushing strain of the sentimental critics when they dilate upon his nobleness, disinterestedness, dauntless courage, and so forth.