forgiveness

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English

Alternative forms

• forgiveneß (obsolete)

Etymology

From forgiven + -ness.

Noun

forgiveness (uncountable)

1. The action of forgiving.

   The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi

2. Readiness to forgive.

Synonyms

• (action of forgiving): remission
• (readiness to forgive): mercy

Translations

the action of forgiving

• American Sign Language: BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross
• Czech: odpuštění (cs) n
• Dutch: vergeven (nl)
• Esperanto: pardono (eo)
• Finnish: anteeksianto (fi)
• German: Verzeihung (de) f, Vergebung (de) f

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: لێبوردن

• Manx: maih (gv), maihnys (gv) m
• Polish: wybaczenie n
• Portuguese: perdão (pt) m
• Serbian: oproštenje
• Spanish: perdón (es) m
• Volapük: pard (vo)

readiness to forgive

• Dutch: vergevingsgezindheid (nl)
• Finnish: anteeksiantavaisuus (fi)

• German: Versöhnlichkeit f
• Spanish: misericordia (es) f

References

• forgiveness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913