forgiveness
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for·give·ness
(fər-gĭv′nĭs, fôr-)n.
The act of forgiving; pardon.
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forgiveness
(fəˈɡɪvnɪs)n
1. the act of forgiving or the state of being forgiven
2. willingness to forgive
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for•give•ness
(fərˈgɪv nɪs)n.
1. the act of forgiving or the state of being forgiven; pardon.
2. willingness to forgive.
[before 900]
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Forgiveness
- Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures in water —Japanese proverb
- (God) pardons like a mother who kisses away the repentant tears of her child —Henry Ward Beecher
- Forgiving without forgetting is like loving without liking —Anon
- Overlooked as a favorite child’s failings —Anon
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| Noun | 1. |  forgiveness - compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgivemercifulness, mercy - the feeling that motivates compassion |
| 2. |  forgiveness - the act of excusing a mistake or offensecondonation - a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred exculpation - the act of freeing from guilt or blame |
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forgiveness
noun pardon, mercy, absolution, exoneration, overlooking, amnesty, acquittal, remission, condonation I offered up a prayer for forgiveness.
Quotations
"Resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" [Bible: St. Matthew]
"We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends" [Cosimo de Medici]
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much" [Oscar Wilde]
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget" [Thomas Szasz The Second Sin]
"God will forgive me; that is His business" [Heinrich Heine]
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" Bible: St. Luke
"Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but Until seventy times seven" Bible: St. Matthew
"Resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" [Bible: St. Matthew]
"We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends" [Cosimo de Medici]
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much" [Oscar Wilde]
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget" [Thomas Szasz The Second Sin]
"God will forgive me; that is His business" [Heinrich Heine]
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" Bible: St. Luke
"Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but Until seventy times seven" Bible: St. Matthew
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forgiveness
nounThe act or an instance of forgiving:
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Translations
تَسامُحصَفْح، غُفْران
odpuštěníochota prominout
tilgivelse
anteeksiantavaisuusanteeksianto
fyrirgefningsáttfÿsi
odpuščanje
affetmeaffetme eğilimibağışlama
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
forgiveness
[fərˈgɪvnɪs] n → pardon mto beg for forgiveness → implorer le pardon
to ask for forgiveness → demander pardon
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
forgiveness
n no pl (quality: = willingness to forgive) → Versöhnlichkeit f; to ask/beg (somebody’s) forgiveness → (jdn) um Verzeihung or Vergebung (esp Eccl) → bitten; her complete forgiveness of them surprised him → es überraschte ihn, dass sie ihnen voll und ganz verzieh; the forgiveness of sins (Eccl) → die Vergebung der Sünden; forgiveness of debt → Schuldenerlass m; full of forgiveness → versöhnlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
forgive
(fəˈgiv) – past tense forgave (fəˈgeiv) : past participle forˈgiven – verb1. to stop being angry with (someone who has done something wrong). He forgave her for stealing his watch.
2. to stop being angry about (something that someone has done). He forgave her angry words.
forgiveness (fəˈgivnis) noun1. the act of forgiving. He asked for forgiveness.
2. readiness to forgive. He showed great forgiveness towards them.
forˈgiving adjective ready to forgive (often). a forgiving person.
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