If there is such a thing as an unforgivable act, it is the act of not forgiving.
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Forgiving
Synonyms for "forgiving" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescauses
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
derived
3 entriesform of
1 entrieshas prerequisite
14 entrieshas subevent
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
is a
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
6 entriesused for
42 entriesaccepting apologyaccepting human errorbecoming friends againbeing better personbeing christianbeing good personbeing nice tobuilding relationshipcharacter buildingcompassiondemonstrating compassiondismiss thier injusticeeasing tension and dispelling negative feelingsending argumentfeeling at peacefeeling better about other person
Showing 16 of 42 words.
Translations
18 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غَفُور adj (inclined to forgive)
Czech
2 entries- odpouštějící adj (inclined to forgive)
- shovívavý adj (inclined to forgive)
Dutch
1 entries- genadig adj (inclined to forgive)
Finnish
1 entries- anteeksiantavainen adj (inclined to forgive)
German
1 entries- nachsichtig adj (inclined to forgive)
Greek
4 entries- αμνησίκακος adj (inclined to forgive)
- ανεκτικός adj (inclined to forgive)
- ανεξίκακος adj (inclined to forgive)
- επιεικής adj (inclined to forgive)
Ingrian
1 entries- antelikas adj (inclined to forgive)
Latin
2 entries- clēmēns adj (inclined to forgive)
- ignōscēns adj (inclined to forgive)
Portuguese
1 entries- indulgente adj (inclined to forgive)
Russian
2 entries- проща́ющий adj (inclined to forgive)
- снисходи́тельный adj (inclined to forgive)
Swedish
1 entries- förlåtande adj (inclined to forgive)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom has a forgiving nature.
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People are pretty forgiving.
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I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round — apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.
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