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forgiveness

for·give·ness
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fer-giv-nis]
    • /fərˈgɪv nɪs/
    • /fəˈɡɪv.nəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fer-giv-nis]
    • /fərˈgɪv nɪs/

Definitions of forgiveness word

  • noun forgiveness act of forgiving; state of being forgiven. 1
  • noun forgiveness disposition or willingness to forgive. 1
  • noun forgiveness The action or process of forgiving or being forgiven. 1
  • noun forgiveness act of forgiving 1
  • uncountable noun forgiveness If you ask for forgiveness, you ask to be forgiven for something wrong that you have done. 0
  • noun forgiveness the act of forgiving or the state of being forgiven 0

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Origin of forgiveness

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English forgifenesse, Old English forgifennys. See forgive, -ness

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Forgiveness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

forgiveness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

forgiveness usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for forgiveness

noun forgiveness

  • reprieve — to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
  • mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
  • remission — the act of remitting.
  • compassion — Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering.
  • vindication — the act of vindicating.

Antonyms for forgiveness

noun forgiveness

  • cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
  • accusation — If you make an accusation against someone, you criticize them or express the belief that they have done something wrong.
  • censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
  • punishment — the act of punishing.
  • sentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.

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