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Main Entry: for·giv·ing

Function: adjective
1 : willing or able to forgive
2 : allowing room for error or weakness
- for·giv·ing·ly /-'gi-vi[ng]-lE/ adverb
- for·giv·ing·ness noun


Main Entry: for·give

Pronunciation: f&r-'giv, for-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): for·gave /-'gAv/; for·giv·en /-'gi-v&n/; -giv·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English forgifan, from for- + gifan to give
transitive senses
1 a : to give up resentment of or claim to requital for b : to grant relief from payment of
2 : to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : PARDON
intransitive senses : to grant forgiveness