forgiving 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of forgivingnext
1
as in caring

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2
as in charitable

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forgiving

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verb

present participle of forgive
1
as in pardoning
to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us

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2
as in ignoring
to dismiss as of little importance he has so many good qualities that I guess we can forgive a slight penchant for exaggeration

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Recent Examples of forgiving
Adjective
When Argentina lost the opening game to Saudi Arabia in a smaller, less forgiving format, the stakes could not have been higher. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 June 2026 The Bravoverse is a largely forgiving community. — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 11 June 2026
Verb
The relationship in the film isn’t about forgiving history. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026 The underlying economics are forgiving, if anyone bothers to design for them. — Warren Wimmer, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for forgiving
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgiving
  1. caring
  2. charitable
  3. pardoning
  4. ignoring
  5. compassionate
  6. scattered
  7. overlooking
  8. loving
Adjective
  • Men too experience gender bias at work and may be penalized for caring behaviors, so normalizing and rewarding care work performed by men can help illustrate that care work is imperative for a healthy workplace culture for all.
    — Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Bryan Marchment was known as one of the NHL’s most ferocious defensemen of his era, and was also described as a caring and compassionate father and friend away from the rink.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 1 July 2026
Definition of caring
Adjective
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Republican lawmakers also targeted a charitable state fund that provides financial assistance for low-income people to get civil legal aid.
    — Diamy Wang July 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
Definition of charitable
Verb
  • President Bill Clinton came under fire for pardoning former hedge-fund manager Marc Rich, and President Joe Biden was roundly criticized for pardoning his son, Hunter, as well as preemptively pardoning other family members.
    — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • The Democrats have signaled that they are united in opposition to any talk of pardoning Maxwell.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of pardoning
Verb
  • Make Participation Effortless Reduce friction to the point where using it feels like less effort than ignoring it.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • For example, today, Americans might believe that the demands of racial equity or of evangelical Christianity are so pressing that executive power would be justified in ignoring the legislature or the judiciary to serve them.
    — Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of ignoring
Adjective
  • Weeks’ mother described her daughter as passionate about music and justice, witty and compassionate.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Such a bond occurs when a judge grants a compassionate release for inmates who are in failing health and no longer a threat to the community.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Definition of compassionate
Adjective
  • The right conversation could turn scattered effort into a working plan.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
  • If your data is messy, scattered or stale, the AI output fails.
    — Sagi Eliyahu, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of scattered
Verb
  • Surveillance cameras captured a person dressed in dark clothing on a nearby roof overlooking the courtyard less than ten minutes before the killing, prosecutors said in charging documents.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • That’s adjacent to what is technically a closetless third bedroom, overlooking the leafy treescape, although the listing is staged with it as a separate living room.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 6 July 2026
Definition of overlooking
Adjective
  • Jones’s mother, Sarah, had a habit of moving everywhere her sons lived—sometimes loving, often angry.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
  • Reynolds was a loving mother of two, according to Facebook photos cited by the Charlotte Observer.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Definition of loving

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