forgiveness

for·give·ness  (fr-gvns, fôr-)

n.

The act of forgiving; pardon.

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forgiveness [fəˈgɪvnɪs]

n

1. the act of forgiving or the state of being forgiven

2. willingness to forgive

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Forgiveness 

1. Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures in water —Japanese proverb
2. (God) pardons like a mother who kisses away the repentant tears of her child —Henry Ward Beecher
3. Forgiving without forgetting is like loving without liking —Anon
4. Overlooked as a favorite child’s failings —Anon

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	forgiveness - compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive mercifulness, mercy - the feeling that motivates compassion
	2.	forgiveness - the act of excusing a mistake or offense pardon benignity, kindness - a kind act condonation - a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred exculpation - the act of freeing from guilt or blame

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forgiveness

noun pardon, mercy, absolution, exoneration, overlooking, amnesty, acquittal, remission, condonation I offered up a prayer for forgiveness.

Quotations
"Resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" [Bible: St. Matthew]
"We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends" [Cosimo de Medici]
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much" [Oscar Wilde]
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget" [Thomas Szasz The Second Sin]
"God will forgive me; that is His business" [Heinrich Heine]
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" Bible: St. Luke
"Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but Until seventy times seven" Bible: St. Matthew

Translations

forgiveness [fəˈgɪvnɪs] N (= pardon) → perdón m; (= willingness to forgive) → compasión f

forgiveness [fə^rˈgɪvnɪs] n → pardon m
to beg for forgiveness → implorer le pardon
to ask for forgiveness → demander pardon

forgiveness

n no pl (quality: = willingness to forgive) → Versöhnlichkeit f; to ask/beg (somebody’s) forgiveness → (jdn) um Verzeihung or Vergebung (esp Eccl) → bitten; her complete forgiveness of them surprised him → es überraschte ihn, dass sie ihnen voll und ganz verzieh; the forgiveness of sins (Eccl) → die Vergebung der Sünden; forgiveness of debt → Schuldenerlass m; full of forgiveness → versöhnlich

forgiveness [fəˈgɪvnɪs] n (pardon) → perdono; (willingness to forgive) → clemenza, indulgenza