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Forgiving

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Inclined or able to forgive.

adj. Providing a margin for error or shortcomings.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Inclined to forgive.

v. Present participle of forgive.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate: as, a forgiving temper.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. providing absolution

adj. inclined or able to forgive and show mercy

Word Usage

"And again, I know how much the families of the victims are hurting, and rightfully, but Christ himself said there is no grace in forgiving your friends, but grace lies in forgiving your enemies."

Equivalent

exculpatory tolerant unvindictive kind

Antonym

unforgiving

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

mild merciful compassionate placable excusing

Verb Stem

forgive

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Thanksgiving giving living misgiving outliving