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forgiving

adj

Definitions

  1. Inclined to forgive.

    • I am inclined to take a forgiving attitude, since this is his first offence.

  2. User-friendly, such that harmful mistakes are not easily made.

    • A good WebApp interface is understandable and forgiving, providing the user with a sense of control. […] Work is carefully and continuously saved, with full option for the user to undo any activity at any time.

  3. present participle and gerund of forgive

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An act of forgiveness.

      • And I receive your forgiveness only from you. A group's promises and forgivings are nothing more than the sum of its individual members' promises and forgivings.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at forgiving. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at forgiving. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at forgiving

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA