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" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Adjective(2 words)
absolvitorycharitable work
Strong matches (21)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (34)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(14 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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19 entriesabsolutionabsolveclemencycompassioncondoneempathyerror toleranceexculpatefault toleranceforbearancegentle slopeloamy soilmargin of errormercyoverlookpardon
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Collocations
12 entriesact of forgivingculture of forgivenessemotional forgivenessforgiving attitudeforgiving gestureforgiving landscapeforgiving natureforgiving policyforgiving smileforgiving terrainforgiving toneprocess of forgiving
Inflections
6 entriesDerivations
7 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
4 entriesSample 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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Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.