forgiveness
Meaning of forgiveness
- the action or process of forgiving or being forgiven.
she is quick to ask forgiveness when she has overstepped the line
Old English forgiefenes, from forgiefen (past participle of forgiefan ‘forgive’) + the noun suffix -nes .
Information about forgiveness
- It is a name.
- Languages in which forgiveness is used:
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Hyphenation of forgiveness
for-give-ness
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- forgiveness is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
forgiveness synonyms
Meaning pardon:
Meaning formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment:
Meaning the action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication:
Meaning forgiveness of sins:
Meaning exemption from a rule or usual requirement:
Meaning the state or attitude of being indulgent or tolerant:
Meaning the ability to understand something; comprehension:
Meaning the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with:
Meaning purification or cleansing:
Meaning mercy; lenience:
Meaning compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm:
Meaning the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering and misfortunes of others:
Meaning the fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency:
Meaning each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided:
Meaning a cancellation or postponement of a punishment:
Meaning the action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police:
Meaning an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences:
Meaning the action of delivering letters, parcels, or goods:
Meaning a judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged:
Meaning an open space in a forest, especially one cleared for cultivation:
Meaning forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence):
Meaning accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive):
Meaning the action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion:
Meaning confession, especially to a priest:
Meaning (of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve:
forgiveness antonyms
Meaning the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence:
Translation of forgiveness
Words that rhyme with forgiveness
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