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Synonyms for forgiving
fərˈgɪv ɪŋfor·giv·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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
Princeton's WordNet
forgivingadjective
inclined or able to forgive and show mercy
"a kindly forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child"
Synonyms:
absolvitory, exonerativeAntonyms:
vindictive, inculpative, vengeful, unforgiving, inculpatory, revengefulabsolvitory, exonerative, forgivingadjective
providing absolution
Synonyms:
absolvitory, exonerativeAntonyms:
revengeful, inculpative, vindictive, vengeful, inculpatory, unforgiving
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
forgivingadjective
Synonyms:
compassionate, indulgent, placable, remissiveAntonyms:
unforgiving, implacable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#481 | human | |
#1139 | kind | |
#6740 | tender | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8928 | charitable | |
#15979 | humane | |
#16820 | tolerant | |
#16921 | sympathetic | |
#17957 | clement | |
#18987 | compassionate | |
#20167 | gracious | |
#28923 | benevolent | |
#31395 | forgiving | |
#31594 | merciful | |
#41963 | indulgent | |
#54137 | lenient | |
#93618 | pitying | |
#272060 | ghafoor | |
#297352 | benignant |
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Pressure on referees now is massive, people are less forgiving.
For providers you don’t have to see often, or those who you are only seeing one time, like for a second opinion, then you might be a little more forgiving on their inability to communicate in the style you prefer, learn what you can from them, return if you have further questions, but know you can get the other aspects that are important from someone you’ll be seeing for a longer term, or more important reason.
They were great parents, very loving, forgiving, compassionate, and sometimes you wonder maybe that's why people took advantage of that, after 17 years, it feels good.
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.
Live like a tree, giving, forgiving and free.
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