magnanimity in victory theme

Someone is forgiving to a rival they have bested.

Examples

Riker graciously declined Portal 6-3's offer to destroy a party of conniving Ferengi in tng1x05 "The Last Outpost".

11 total · 1 major · 10 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
tos1x19 major Captain Kirk let his Federation outpost destroying Gorn counterpart live after besting him in an epic, one on one battle of brains versus brawn on some uncharted planet.
ent2x24 minor A.G. Robinson humbly accepted being selected to pilot an historic test flight over his competitor Archer.
play: Henry IV Part 2 (1599) minor especially Lord Chief Justice expected the newly anointed King Henry V to wreck petty vengeance, but Henry V surprised everyone by showing a dignified magnanimity
tng1x05 minor Riker refrained from having the Ferengi destroyed by the Delphi Ardu star system guardian.
tng1x19 minor Mordock, upon being awarded entry into Starfleet Academy over Wesley, argued that it should be Wesley who gets the nod on account that Wesley had lost points because he's helped Mordock.
tng5x01 minor Worf refused to kill the young usurper to the Klingon chancellorship when the rightful chancellor commanded him to do so.
tos1x02 minor Captain Kirk took a conciliatory tone with First Federation starship captain Balok after snatching victory from the jaws of defeat at the hands of Balok.
tos1x24 minor Captain Kirk dropped all charges against Khan without being obligated to do so after retaking the Enterprise from Khan's control.
tos3x01 minor Captain Kirk refrained himself from killing the Earps after he and his landing party members bested the Earps in a barnyard showdown.
tos3x12 minor Captain Kirk refrained from exacting vengeance on Parmen once he got the upper hand.