Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of forgiving; pardon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of forgiving; the act of granting pardon, as for a wrong, offense, or sin; remission of an obligation, debt, or penalty; pardon.
- noun Disposition or willingness to forgive or pardon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven.
- noun Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The action of
forgiving . - noun
Readiness toforgive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of excusing a mistake or offense
- noun compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
Etymologies
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Examples
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While the U.S. has a tradition of forgiveness, politicians seem able to gain forgiveness from the public and come back after just about anything.
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While the U.S. has a tradition of forgiveness, politicians seem able to gain forgiveness from the public and come back after just about anything.
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I struggle with the word forgiveness because it still sounds like a 'get out of jail free' card.
Kelley Whitis: Tragedy to Triumph Kelley Whitis 2012
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The word forgiveness hauls me back to when I was a young Catholic girl.
Jennifer Lauck: Forgive the Unforgivable. How? Jennifer Lauck 2011
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I struggle with the word forgiveness because it still sounds like a 'get out of jail free' card.
Kelley Whitis: Tragedy to Triumph Kelley Whitis 2012
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While some say they do not feel comfortable using the word forgiveness because it's open to so many messy interpretations, I believe all would embrace the concept, if they knew of Ginn Fourie's favorite definition which states that - "Forgiveness is the principled decision to give up your justifiable right to revenge."
Marina Cantacuzino: The Victims of Terrorism Who Do Not Seek Revenge Marina Cantacuzino 2011
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While some say they do not feel comfortable using the word forgiveness because it's open to so many messy interpretations, I believe all would embrace the concept, if they knew of Ginn Fourie's favorite definition which states that - "Forgiveness is the principled decision to give up your justifiable right to revenge."
Marina Cantacuzino: The Victims of Terrorism Who Do Not Seek Revenge Marina Cantacuzino 2011
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While some say they do not feel comfortable using the word forgiveness because it's open to so many messy interpretations, I believe all would embrace the concept, if they knew of Ginn Fourie's favorite definition which states that - "Forgiveness is the principled decision to give up your justifiable right to revenge."
Marina Cantacuzino: The Victims of Terrorism Who Do Not Seek Revenge Marina Cantacuzino 2011
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While some say they do not feel comfortable using the word forgiveness because it's open to so many messy interpretations, I believe all would embrace the concept, if they knew of Ginn Fourie's favorite definition which states that - "Forgiveness is the principled decision to give up your justifiable right to revenge."
Marina Cantacuzino: The Victims of Terrorism Who Do Not Seek Revenge Marina Cantacuzino 2011
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The word forgiveness hauls me back to when I was a young Catholic girl.
Jennifer Lauck: Forgive the Unforgivable. How? Jennifer Lauck 2011
michaelmadison commented on the word forgiveness
noun How you act when you want something from someone who fucked you.
August 23, 2019