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Webster 1828 Edition
Forgiving
FORGIV'ING
,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)
- Inclined to forgive.
- I am not very forgiving.
Translations
inclined to forgive
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Verb
forgiving
- present participle of forgive
Noun
forgiving (plural forgivings)
- 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.
- 1996, Bernard P. Dauenhauer, Citizenship in a Fragile World (page 58)