Forgiving
Forgiving adjective - Inclined or able to forgive and show mercy.
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Sparing and forgiving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sparing" instead an adjective "Forgiving".
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- Here are tropes dealing with forgiving others or sparing others of their wrongdoing.
Source: A Forgiving Index -
This is the trope where a character will receive punishment, ostracism, or criticism from other characters for sympathizing, forgiving, sparing, or just being plain nice to an enemy.
Source: Punished for Sympathy -
His immoderate love for cats makes him more forgiving toward them, sometime even sparing enemy khajits.
Source: Lets Play / Bob Lennon
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Sparing and Forgiving. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forgiving/sparing
Forgiving & Sparing. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/forgiving/sparing>.
Sparing or Forgiving. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/forgiving/sparing.
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