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have been ennobling

  • present perfect progressive
    of ennoble.
    ennoble
    verb (used with object)
    to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt.

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I have awaited this virile disavowal from the proudest spirits of Germany, a disavowal which would have been ennobling instead of humiliating.

From Above the Battle by Romain Rolland