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forgiving

[fer-giv-ing] / fərˈgɪv ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
sparing
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"I felt that society was not forgiving, even though you try your hardest to show people that you have changed," she said.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Typically, this is some combination of cream and eggs, but bread pudding is remarkably forgiving.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Throughout history, kings and popes traditionally celebrated “jubilee” years with granting pardons and forgiving sins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Consumers may be more forgiving if the Samsung fridges were sold at a discount in exchange for showing ads, said Avinash Collis, who researches the economics of digitization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

If the badger who’d left him to die had come through Deadwood, would Clare have been so forgiving?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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