forgiveness

for·give·ness

F0261800 (fər-gĭv′nĭs, fôr-)n. The act of forgiving; pardon.

forgiveness

(fəˈɡɪvnɪs) n1. the act of forgiving or the state of being forgiven2. willingness to forgive

for•give•ness

(fərˈgɪv nɪs)

n. 1. the act of forgiving or the state of being forgiven; pardon. 2. willingness to forgive. [before 900]

Forgiveness

 

1. Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures in water —Japanese proverb
2. (God) pardons like a mother who kisses away the repentant tears of her child —Henry Ward Beecher
3. Forgiving without forgetting is like loving without liking —Anon
4. Overlooked as a favorite child’s failings —Anon

Thesaurus

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 offensepardonbenignity, kindness - a kind actcondonation - a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurredexculpation - the act of freeing from guilt or blame

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

forgiveness

nounThe act or an instance of forgiving:absolution, amnesty, condonation, excuse, pardon, remission.

Translations

宽人之心宽大宽恕

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. 原諒，寬恕（某人） 原谅，宽恕（某人） 2. to stop being angry about (something that someone has done). He forgave her angry words. 原諒，寬恕 原谅，宽恕 forgiveness (fəˈgivnis) noun1. the act of forgiving. He asked for forgiveness. 寬恕 宽恕2. readiness to forgive. He showed great forgiveness towards them. 寬大，寬人之心 宽大，宽人之心 forˈgiving adjective ready to forgive (often). a forgiving person. 寬大的，慈悲的 宽大的，慈悲的