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magnanimous

adjective - generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.

magnanimously, adverb

munificent

–adjective 1. extremely liberal in giving; very generous.

munificence, munificentness, noun munificently, adverb

affable

adjective - pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman

affability, affableness, noun affably, adverb

amiable

adjective - having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; friendly; sociable;

amiability, amiableness, noun amiably, adverb

conciliatory

anjective - tending to make or to overcome the distrust or animosity of; actions used to regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.

conciliatorily, adverb conciliatoriness, noun conciliate, conciliated, verb

hierarchy

noun a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system

hierarchies, plural noun; hierarchical, adj

linchpin

noun - something that holds seperate things together

sometimes spelled lynchpin

weather

verb- to withstand or survive a situation

weathered , adj.; weatherer, noun

inclement

adj. - stormy, showing no mercy, severe

inclemency, inclementness, noun

jubilant

adjective showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing;

jubilance, jubilancy, noun

alleviate

To make (pain, for example) more bearable

alleviation n., alleviator n.