单词 | forgiveness |
释义 | forgivenessn. 1. The action of forgiving; pardon of a fault, remission of a debt, etc. †In Old English also: Indulgent permission.The etymological sense, ‘condition or fact of being forgiven’, is not clearly evidenced even in Old English, though in expressions like ‘the forgiveness of sins’ the word may admit of being thus interpreted. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] forgivenessc900 givenessc1200 remission?c1225 veny?c1225 gracec1300 forgiftc1315 excusinga1340 absolutiona1393 pardona1393 veynea1425 pardoningc1443 pardonancec1475 forgivance1490 remit1490 oblivion1563 remitting1577 remittance1602 remitment1611 condonation1615 excuse1655 condonance1865 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [noun] shrifta900 forgivenessc900 absolutionOE veny?c1225 soilinga1300 lesenessc1300 remission?1316 indulgence1377 assoilingc1380 pardona1393 veynea1425 pardoningc1443 remit1490 remitting1577 remittal1596 remitment1611 absolvement1689 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > forgiveness mercya1225 forgiveness1340 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. xvi. [xxvii]. 82 Ðis ic cweðo æfter forgifnesse [L. secundum indulgentiam] nales æfter bebodo. 971 Blickl. Hom. 19 Þonne we..us forgifnessa biddaþ. a1200 Moral Ode 298 Nis noþer inne helle ore no forȝiuenesse. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 58 Þat bid me for ȝefnesse, & to amende hys trespas. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 32 Vor non ne may habbe uoryeuenesse: wyþ-oute zoþe ssrifte. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiii. 59 A man schuld all anely ask him forgifnes wham he trespast to. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxviii. 238 The pope yafe hem..foryeuenes of al hir sinnes that [etc.]. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 235 All the brethren desired the father forgiuenes. 1729 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. (ed. 2) Pref. p. xxiii Forgiveness of Injuries is one of the very few moral Obligations which has been disputed. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xi. 118 He would have to encounter much that was unpleasant before he could win her forgiveness. 2. a. Disposition or willingness to forgive. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] > disposition to forgive forgivenessc1175 remissiona1616 ignoscency1647 forgivingness1741 unresentfulness1866 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1477 & are. & millce. & mildherrtleȝȝc. & rihht forrȝifenesse. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. ix. B Vnto the..pertayneth mercy and forgeuenesse. 1678 T. Sprat Serm. (1710) 99 Meekness, Forgiveness, Bounty and Magnanimity. b. in plural. rare. (A Hebraism.) ΚΠ 1611 Bible (King James) Dan. ix. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiuenesses . View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c900 |
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