Forgiveness
[fə'gɪvnɪs] or [fɚ'ɡɪvnəs]
Definition
(noun.) the act of excusing a mistake or offense.
(noun.) compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive.
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Definition
(n.) The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.
(n.) Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pardon, absolution, remission, acquittal.
Typist: Margery
Examples
- The noble lady's condition on these delightful occasions was one compounded of heroic endurance and heroic forgiveness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- May you meet with all the respect you merit here, and forgiveness hereafter. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I spoke of forgiveness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I would accord forgiveness at no less a price. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I humbly beg your forgiveness, godmother. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Love me, then, or hate me, as you will, I said at last, you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- After a time Faust, realizing perhaps that Gutenberg was in reality the inventor of the art which he was beginning to find so lucrative, came to him, and asked his forgiveness. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I do not need ask your forgiveness now, Dejah Thoris, I cried. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Tell him that a full confession is his only chance of forgiveness. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, Mr. Jarndyce, I am employed by Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, to follow her and find her, to save her and take her his forgiveness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No face of welcome, no look of forgiveness, no house to receive, no hand to help him--and this too in the old village. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Forgiveness is a Christian idea and Spain has never been a Christian country. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Many a time in my sleep had I raised her up, and whispered to her, “Em'ly, my dear, I am come fur to bring forgiveness, and to take you home! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If it was a light answer, returned Darnay, I beg your forgiveness for it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I told him all about it and how her first entreaties had referred to his forgiveness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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