forgiveness

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UK /fəˈɡɪvnəs/ US /fɚˈɡɪvnəs/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

complete

VERB + FORGIVENESS

find, have, receive

After apologizing sincerely, she finally received forgiveness from her best friend.

ask (for), beg (for), pray for, seek

find

After years of anger, she finally found forgiveness and decided to move forward with her life.

offer (sb), show (sb)

PREP

~ for

She asked for forgiveness after hurting her friend's feelings.

Definitions

noun

The action of forgiving.

He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.

At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.

A readiness to forgive.

If thou, Lord, shouldest marke iniquities: O Lord, who shal stand? But there is forgiuenesse with thee: that thou mayest be feared.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of excusing a mistake or offense

pardon

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

it's better to ask forgiveness than permission

It is better to act decisively and apologize for it later than to seek approval to act and risk delay, objections, etc.

it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission

Alternative form of it's better to ask forgiveness than permission.

Example Bank

He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.

Wiktionary

At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.

Wiktionary

It was not a war party, so it surely was men who came to ask for peace and forgiveness.

Wiktionary

I asked forgiveness for the mistake I made.

Tatoeba · #256738

She sought forgiveness for her guilty acts.

Tatoeba · #316592

The princess begged forgiveness from the emperor.

Tatoeba · #327977

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