forgiveness

UK /fəˈɡɪvnəs/ US /fɚˈɡɪvnəs/
noun 2

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

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.

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