Synonyms for forgiving
fərˈgɪv ɪŋfor·giv·ing

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1. forgiving

   Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.

   See synonyms for BARBAROUS.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, gentle, gracious, human, humane, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted

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1. forgivingadjective

   inclined or able to forgive and show mercy

   "a kindly forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child"

   Synonyms:
   absolvitory, exonerative

   Antonyms:
   vindictive, inculpative, vengeful, unforgiving, inculpatory, revengeful

2. absolvitory, exonerative, forgivingadjective

   providing absolution

   Synonyms:
   absolvitory, exonerative

   Antonyms:
   revengeful, inculpative, vindictive, vengeful, inculpatory, unforgiving

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1. forgivingadjective

   Synonyms:
   compassionate, indulgent, placable, remissive

   Antonyms:
   unforgiving, implacable

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1. List of paraphrases for "forgiving":

   indulgent, lenient, ghafoor, tolerant, compassionate, ghafour

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How to use forgiving in a sentence?

1. Elbert Hubbard:

   The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

2. Lisa Shalett:

   One of the key things the December selloff did was it priced a materially reduced set of earnings expectations for 2019. As a result, investors are going to be somewhat forgiving of companies who either miss estimates or are somewhat tentative in their guidance because they are now expecting that, any companies that talk about 2019 being just as good as 2018 or even sequentially a lot better are going to constitute an upside surprise.

3. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

   God makes us a new creation in Christ, forgiving our sins and forming us into the Church. The purpose of evangelizing is to make Jesus Christ known and to invite people to be part of the company of his disciples in the Church. The motive of evangelizing is gratitude for what Christ has given us. The method of evangelizing entails our own personal renewal in the faith and in living Christ’s life in his body, the Church.

4. Andrew Schneider:

   Trees like to have kids climb on them, but trees are much bigger than we are, and much more forgiving.

5. Alonzo Lunsford:

   My response to him, personally, is I give all my praises to my God who taught me to be a forgiving person, allah is not the one who still has him taking in oxygen right now. Allah is not the one who spared his life. Allah is not the one who stopped me from wrapping my hands around his neck when I was less than three feet away from him in the court room.