forgiving
adjective
disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness.
forgivingness
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a word derived from
forgiving.
Example Sentences
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At the end of the drama Valentine displays the gentle forgivingness of disposition which we have already had reason to regard as one of Shakespeare's most marked characteristics.
From The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris
The union of man with God is not secured by making God abstract and vague, nor is his infinite kindness and forgivingness purchased at the expense of his intensity and awfulness.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies
This reconciliation on the fall of the sword was a token of the forgivingness of the North toward the chastened foes.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Henry Llewellyn Williams
Tenney stood there, his heart swelling within him at the contrast between the child's forgivingness and her cruelty.
From Old Crow by Alice Brown
Mrs. Burns is said to have been a marvel of long-suffering and forgivingness; but the way she bore those wrongs must have touched her husband's better nature, and pierced him to the quick.
From Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp
