forgiving
disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
tolerant: The mountain is not forgiving of inexperienced climbers.
Origin of forgiving
1Other words from forgiving
- for·giv·ing·ly, adverb
- for·giv·ing·ness, noun
- non·for·giv·ing, adjective
Words Nearby forgiving
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How to use forgiving in a sentence
The item is easier to fit than, say, pants or a suit, and more forgiving of any measurement errors.
For Amazon’s $25 custom T-shirt, your body is a wonderland (of data) | Heather Kelly | January 5, 2021 | Washington PostThe easiest, most forgiving, and flexible way I’ve found to use up spices is to turn them into tisanes or herbal infusions.
Mix your own delicious herbal tea using leftover spices | By Kristy Mucci/Saveur | December 4, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThis dough is surprisingly forgiving thanks to the shortening, so don’t be nervous.
Caramelized banana chocolate chunk cookies are the new best use for the rest of that bunch | Jesse Szewczyk | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostCustomers surprisingly have been very forgiving about losing some of their familiar favorites.
McDonald’s CEO says the fast food giant has ‘an opportunity to get aggressive’ | Beth Kowitt | November 9, 2020 | FortuneDiouf says he was understanding and forgiving, up to a point.
Will This Virtual Outdoor Gear Trade Show Ever Happen? | Amelia Arvesen | October 14, 2020 | Outside Online
However, the Republican base will be far less forgiving of Paul for his criticism of police policy and his courtship of Sharpton.
Don himself was bottomlessly generous and vulnerable and forgiving.
Don Carpenter Was a Novelist Both Lacerating and Forgiving | Louis B. Jones | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLater his work became more forgiving—in From a Distant Place and of course in this last milestone.
Don Carpenter Was a Novelist Both Lacerating and Forgiving | Louis B. Jones | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Miami we sometimes played baseball using a big orange basketball, which sure was easy to hit but not so forgiving.
He is counting on his opponents to overplay their hand, and a forgiving public to let him do his job as governor.
Clinton and Christie: Let The Mud-Slinging Start | Eleanor Clift | January 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was beyond reach of earthly justice, anyway; and one can't help forgiving much to a man who faces death with a smile.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe did not possess the same courage as Oroboni, but followed his example in forgiving all his enemies.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoAlthough Arnold could thus show himself both brave and forgiving, he had one great fault, his vanity.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberPaul was indeed neither so forgiving nor so long-suffering as he appeared.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion CrawfordHe really seemed to have difficulty in forgiving himself for writing at all.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa Guiccioli
British Dictionary definitions for forgiving
/ (fəˈɡɪvɪŋ) /
willing to forgive; merciful
Derived forms of forgiving
- forgivingly, adverb
- forgivingness, noun
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