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Webster 1828 Edition


Forgiving

FORGIV'ING

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ppr.
1.
Pardoning; remitting.
2.
a. Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; as a forgiving temper.

Definition 2024


forgiving

forgiving

English

Adjective

forgiving (comparative more forgiving, superlative most forgiving)

  1. Inclined to forgive.
    I am not very forgiving.

Translations

Verb

forgiving

  1. present participle of forgive

Noun

forgiving (plural forgivings)

  1. An act of forgiveness.
    • 1996, Bernard P. Dauenhauer, Citizenship in a Fragile World (page 58)
      And I receive your forgiveness only from you. A group's promises and forgivings are nothing more than the sum of its individual members' promises and forgivings.