forgivingly
In pardoning manner
Forgivingly describes doing something in a manner that shows forgiveness or a willingness to excuse faults and offenses.
Someone who smiles forgivingly at a child's mistake signals that no grudge will be held.
The word also applies to systems or designs that tolerate user error: The software handles typos forgivingly, suggesting corrections rather than crashing.
Merciful treatment of offenders
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- lenityMerciful mildness in judgment
- mildnessGentle, moderate quality
soft-heartedness · permissively · tolerantly · accommodatingly · flexibly · gently · patiently · understandingly
Sharing another's emotions
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- warmthHeat you feel
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
understanding · tolerance · patience · sensitivity · caring · benevolence · consideration · soft-heartedly
Official release from punishment
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- remissionTemporary disease absence
exoneration · amnesty · acquittal · reconciliation · exculpation · vindication · unburdening · release
clemency
Merciful treatment of offenders
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- lenityMerciful mildness in judgment
mildness · soft-heartedness · permissively · tolerantly · accommodatingly · flexibly · gently · patiently · understandingly · overlooking
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- warmthHeat you feel
tenderness · understanding · tolerance · patience · sensitivity · caring · benevolence · consideration · soft-heartedly · sympathetically
pardon
Official release from punishment
remission · exoneration · amnesty · acquittal · reconciliation · exculpation · vindication · unburdening · release · absolving
forgivinglyunforgivingly
Without offering pardon
vindictively · vengefully · punitively · revengefully · resentfully
forgivinglyharshly
In severe manner
callously · heartlessly · cruelly · coldly · pitilessly
forgivinglyjudgmentally
In a disapproving manner
condemningly · censoriously · critically · accusatorily · reproachfully
- forgiving and forgettingExcusing wrongs, dismissing them