forgivenessnoun [ U ]
uk/fəˈɡɪv.nəs/us/fɚˈɡɪv.nəs/C2 the act of forgiving or the willingness to forgive:
to ask for/beg forgiveness
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Making & accepting apologies
- absolution
- afraid
- atonement
- conciliate
- cut
- excusable
- excuse
- excuse/pardon my French! idiom
- forge
- forgiving
- make it up to sb idiom
- mend
- mend your fences idiom
- overlook
- pardon (me) idiom
- recompense
- reconcile
- repentant
- take sb back
- unrepentant
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