high-minded

At the very least, he would make a thoughtful and high-minded sparring partner for Clinton in the debates that lie ahead.
Wait a Minute, Clinton Coronators—Here Comes Jim Webb|Eleanor Clift|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But she also voices a firm belief that we initially went into Iraq with what she terms a “high minded” purpose.
Why Was My Son Killed in Fallujah—and His Murderer Set Free?|Michael Daly|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This was one of those old timey high-minded battles in which the very identity of the Jewish State hung in the balance!
Violence is the New Normal in Abu Tor|Rabbi Daniel Landes|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And Rose, of course, has hosted his high-minded eponymous PBS show for two decades.
‘CBS This Morning’ Success Brings With It a Certain Swagger|David Freedlander|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST

For him to present it as a high-minded attempt to empower voters shows what nerve the guy has.
Christie: Reviews Are In and Not Good|Michael Tomasky|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
High-minded and possessing a keen sense of honor himself, he had an instinctive aversion to anything mean or low in others.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The doctor smiled again at the boy's high-minded openness, which must have cost an effort of self-humiliation.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge
In truth, there was good ground for his sorrowful apostrophe, for the scene was very painful to a high-minded witness.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
Such, it might seem, would be the course which a high-minded and zealous teacher would pursue in imparting moral instruction.
Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853|Christopher C. Andrews

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high-minded

adjective

having or characterized by high moral principles

archaic arrogant; haughty

Derived forms of high-minded

high-mindedly, adverbhigh-mindedness, noun

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