From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishforgivingfor‧giv‧ing /fəˈɡɪvɪŋ $ fər-/ adjective FORGIVEwilling to forgive My father was a kind and forgiving man.
Examples from the Corpus
forgiving• This recipe is very forgiving.• Forgetting is not the same as forgiving.• The kingdom is one in which a forgiving father offers people a chance to return to him.• And trust to luck that whichever of the gods claimed him as of right would be in a forgiving mood.• It was their behaviour that defined them as nice or nasty, as forgiving or unforgiving, envious or the reverse. 