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merciful

English

Etymology

From Middle English merciful, mercyful, equivalent to mercy +? -ful.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?m?s?fl?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??s?fl?/
  • Hyphenation: mer?ci?ful

Adjective

merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)

  1. Showing mercy.
    • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
      The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

Synonyms

  • ruthful

Antonyms

  • merciless
  • cruel

Derived terms

  • mercifulness

Translations

Anagrams

  • crimeful

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forbearing

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English forbering, forberyng, vorberinge, equivalent to forbear +? -ing.

Noun

forbearing (countable and uncountable, plural forbearings)

  1. forbearance; restraint

Etymology 2

From forbear +? -ing.

Adjective

forbearing (comparative more forbearing, superlative most forbearing)

  1. Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering
    a forbearing temper
Related terms
  • forbear
  • forbearance
  • forbearant
  • forbearantly
  • forbearingly

Verb

forbearing

  1. present participle of forbear

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