forgiving
adjective/fəˈɡɪvɪŋ/
/fərˈɡɪvɪŋ/
- willing to forgive
- She had not inherited her mother's forgiving nature.
- forgiving of something The public was more forgiving of the president's difficulties than the press and fellow politicians.
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- (of a thing) easy or safe to deal with
- Snow is a forgiving surface on which to fall.
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