forgiveness

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English

Alternative forms

• forgiveneß (obsolete)

Etymology

From forgiven + -ness.

Noun

forgiveness (uncountable)

1. The action of forgiving.
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: لێبوردن Manx: maih (gv), maihnys (gv) m. Polish: wybaczenie n. Serbian: oproštenje Spanish: perdón (es) m.

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