# forgiving

Pronunciation: US say "fur-GIV-ing" /fɚˈɡɪvɪŋ/; UK say "fuh-GIV-ing" /fə(ɹ)ˈɡɪvɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Inclined to pardon faults and not hold a grudge against people who have done wrong.
   - Simple: Ready to pardon people and not stay angry about their mistakes.
   - _A forgiving parent overlooks the small rebellions of the teenage years._
   - _She proved remarkably forgiving, welcoming back the colleague who had betrayed her._
2. Designed so that errors are hard to make and easy to recover from, rarely causing serious harm.
   - Simple: Easy to use in a way that keeps small mistakes from causing big harm.
   - _The text editor is forgiving, restoring deleted paragraphs with a single keystroke._
   - _Engineers built a forgiving control panel that warns operators before any dangerous action._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of forgive. — present participle and gerund of forgive
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of forgive. Use it for the act happening now or as a name for the act itself.
   - _By forgiving his old rival, he finally let go of years of anger._
   - _She kept forgiving him long after others would have given up._

## Noun

4. An instance of pardoning a person for an offense or wrongdoing.
   - Simple: An act of pardoning someone for a wrong they did.
   - _The community's forgiving of the offender astonished the visiting reporters._
   - _His forgiving of the betrayal came slowly, over many quiet months._

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