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11forgiving — adjective Date: 1623 1. willing or able to forgive 2. allowing room for error or weakness < designed to be a forgiving tennis racquet > • forgivingly adverb • forgivingness noun …
12forgiving — adjective Inclined to forgive. I am not very forgiving …
13forgiving — for|giv|ing [fəˈgıvıŋ US fər ] adj willing to forgive ▪ My father was a kind and forgiving man …
14forgiving — adjective willing to forgive: My father was a kind and forgiving man …
15forgiving — adjective Cromwell was not renowned for his forgiving nature Syn: merciful, lenient, compassionate, magnanimous, humane, softhearted, forbearing, tolerant, indulgent, understanding Ant: merciless, vindictive …
16forgiving — for•giv•ing [[t]fərˈgɪv ɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) disposed to forgive or showing forgiveness 2) cvb tolerant: This slope is forgiving of inexperienced skiiers[/ex] • Etymology: 1680–90 for•giv′ing•ly, adv. for•giv′ing•ness, n …
17forgiving — A characteristic of a component or vehicle which overlooks problems or mistakes that a driver might make. For example, a vehicle s handling may be forgiving in that even if the driver makes small inadvertent steering wheel movements, the vehicle… …
18forgiving — forgive ► VERB (past forgave; past part. forgiven) 1) stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence or mistake. 2) excuse (an offence, flaw, or mistake). DERIVATIVES forgivable adjective forgiver noun forgiving adjective …
19forgiving — Synonyms and related words: accepting, benevolent, clement, compassionate, conciliatory, easy, easygoing, forbearant, forbearing, generous, gentle, humane, kind, lax, lenient, long suffering, longanimous, magnanimous, merciful, mild, moderate,… …
20forgiving — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sparing, magnanimous, lenient, accepting; see humane 1 , kind , merciful 1 …
