forgiving

1. 1
   adjective

   Ready to pardon people and not stay angry about their mistakes.

   Like a friend who lets you start over after you have hurt them.

   My grandmother is a forgiving person who never holds a grudge.

   He felt lucky to have such forgiving friends after letting them down.

   Similarmerciful, lenient, tolerant, understanding, magnanimous

   Oppositevindictive, resentful, vengeful, merciless

2. 2
   adjective

   Easy to use in a way that keeps small mistakes from causing big harm.

   Like a pencil with an eraser: if you slip up, you can easily fix it.

   This app is very forgiving, so you can undo almost any mistake.

   A forgiving keyboard lets you fix typos without losing your work.

   Similartolerant

   Oppositepunishing, harsh

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3. 3
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of forgive. Use it for the act happening now or as a name for the act itself.

   She is forgiving her brother for breaking the toy.

   Forgiving a friend can make you feel much better.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   An act of pardoning someone for a wrong they did.

   Like wiping a chalkboard clean so you can start again.

   The forgiving of his debt brought tears to his eyes.

   Their forgiving of past wrongs helped the whole family heal.

   Similarpardon, absolution

   Oppositecondemnation

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