forgiving
forgiving adjective: inclined to forgive. Also the present participle and gerund of forgive.
Adjective
forgiving (comparative more forgiving, superlative most forgiving)
- Inclined to forgive.
- I am inclined to take a forgiving attitude, since this is his first offence.
- User-friendly, such that harmful mistakes are not easily made.
- A good WebApp interface is understandable and forgiving, providing the user with a sense of control. […] Work is carefully and continuously saved, with full option for the user to undo any activity at any time.2010, Roger S. Pressman, Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, page 336
Noun
forgiving (plural forgivings)
- An act of forgiveness.
- 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
Also used as
forgiving is also the present participle and gerund of forgive.
forgiving meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Punjabi
forgiving in Hindi
- क्षमाशील, क्षमा करने वाला
forgiving in Marathi
- क्षमाशील
forgiving in Bengali
- ক্ষমাশীল
forgiving in Punjabi
- ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
More languagesFewer languages
- forgiving in Gujarati
- ક્ષમાશીલ
- forgiving in Odia
- କ୍ଷମାଶୀଳ
- forgiving in Nepali
- क्षमाशील
- forgiving in Arabic
- غَفُور ḡafūr
Examples of forgiving in a sentence
- I steered her gently in the direction of the sleek, the tailored, the forgiving!
- For his soft-heartedness, his forgiving and undemanding nature, the governor was called by the diminutive "Inzushko.
- Still, not everyone was in a forgiving mood.
Forms of forgiving
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more forgiving |
| superlative | most forgiving |
| Noun | |
| plural | forgivings |
Words formed from forgiving
Phrases with forgiving
Questions about forgiving
- What does forgiving mean?
- Forgiving means inclined to forgive.
- What is forgiving in Hindi?
- Forgiving in Hindi is क्षमाशील, क्षमा करने वाला. See Forgiving meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is forgiving?
- Forgiving can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near forgiving in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: forgiving (page history and authors); forgiving (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgiving (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgiving (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgiving (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgiving (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgiving (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgiving (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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