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Forgiving vs Relenting - What's the difference?

forgiving | relenting |

As verbs the difference between forgiving and relenting

is that forgiving is while relenting is .

As nouns the difference between forgiving and relenting

is that forgiving is an act of forgiveness while relenting is the act of one who relents.

As an adjective forgiving

is inclined to forgive.

forgiving

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inclined to forgive.
  • I am not very forgiving .

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of forgiveness.
  • * 1996 , Bernard P. Dauenhauer, Citizenship in a Fragile World (page 58)
  • 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.

    relenting

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who relents.
  • * Chalmers
  • Oh, tell me, if there be any relentings of pity in your bosom, how could you endure it, to behold the agonies of the dying man, as, goaded by pain, he grasps the cold ground in convulsive energy