Crossword clues for forgiving
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forgive \For*give"\, v. t. [imp. Forgave; p. p. Forgiven; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgiving] [OE. forgiven, foryiven, foryeven, AS. forgiefan, forgifan; perh. for- + giefan, gifan to give; cf. D. vergeven, G. vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. f?rgifva, Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See For-, and Give, v. t.]
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To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
To them that list the world's gay shows I leave, And to great ones such folly do forgive.
--Spenser. -
To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven.
And their sins should be forgiven them.
--Mark iv. 12.He forgive injures so readily that he might be said to invite them.
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To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending.
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
--Luke xxiii. 3 -
I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven.
--Shak.Note: Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as objects of the verb, sometimes one and sometimes the other being the indirect object. ``Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.''
--Matt. vi. 12. ``Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.''
--Matt. ix. 2.Syn: See excuse.
Forgiving \For*giv"ing\, a.
Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild;
merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. --
For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n.
--J. C.
Shairp.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"inclined to forgive," 1680s, from present participle of forgive. Related: Forgivingness.\n
Wiktionary
Inclined to forgive. n. An act of forgiveness. v
(present participle of forgive English)
WordNet
adj. inclined or able to forgive and show mercy; "a kindly forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child" [ant: unforgiving]
providing absolution [syn: absolvitory, exonerative]
Wikipedia
"Forgiving" is episode 17 of season 3 in the television show Angel.
Usage examples of "forgiving".
Do it, de Beaujolais, and I will die forgiving you and repenting my sins.
On rather rare occasions she urged severity where Chips was inclined to be forgiving.
Some reasoned that niceness and forgivingness were evidently winning qualities, and they accordingly submitted nice, forgiving strategies.
My tastebuds hesitated, but wavered on the edge of forgiving me for the gallberry syrup.
The countenance of the Herr Hofmeister changed from official sternness to an expression of decent concern as he listened, and ere long it took a decidedly forgiving laxity of muscle.
The other horses were trying to be peaceful, Danny thought: they seemed to realize that Cloud was excited about the mountains and were forgiving of his behavior.
Passion the power of forgiving all sins, since the Passion is the fount and cause of the forgiveness of sins.
Even venial sins and original sin return in the way explained above, just as mortal sins do, in so far as the favor conferred by God in forgiving those sins is despised.
As for Beulah, gentle, peaceful, and forgiving as she was by nature, the care of little Evert aroused all the mother within her, and something like a frown that betokened resolution was, for a novelty, seen on her usually placid face.
There was that sweet melancholy, that forgiving sadness that characterizes the beautiful in the Japanese mind.
Pennendos, I had much liefer have the foot of a generous and forgiving stranger upon mine than that of a grasping, greedy, cruel, arrogant poseur of a near relative.
I should have had no chance of forgiving you for waking me up the other night.
Lincoln, the most forgiving of men, could not forgive him for his failure to use his full opportunity at Antietam and destroy Lee.
As he told long, unfunny jokes, thrummed on the piano, and danced with wonky corpulence, he had become aware that his audience was by no means a captive one, and so began to simulate an even more toe-curling pathos, recounting his long history of failure, telling of previous flops with a forgiving smile, simpering into the microphone about his obesity, lack of rehearsing time, alcoholism, etc.
He boinks young groupies because they're less likely to be critical, and he plays to older women because they're more forgiving.