forgiving
adjective
disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness.
forgivingness
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a word derived from
forgiving.
Example Sentences
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The belief in God's loving forgivingness is the strongest motive to repentance, and the most melting argument to listen to the call to seek Him.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
But in all this, there was one thing missing, the very thing which is the most important part of all religious matters; this is that there was no love, no kindness, no humility, no forgivingness.
From My Life and My Efforts by Gunther Olesch
As to what had taken place in the morning, he knew Clare's forgivingness, and despised him for it.
From A Rough Shaking by George MacDonald
What a superb and all-conquering confidence in Christ's depth of knowledge and forgivingness of knowledge that answer showed!
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI by Alexander Maclaren
It will produce in the man who has it repentance, faith, hope, charity, humility, spirituality, kind temper, self-denial, unselfishness, forgivingness, temperance, truthfulness, brotherly-kindness, patience, forbearance.
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle
