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Synonyms for forgiveness
fərˈgɪv nɪsfor·give·ness

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  1. forgivenessnoun

    The action of forgiving.

    Synonyms:
    remission

  2. forgivenessnoun

    Readiness to forgive.

    Synonyms:
    mercy

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. forgiveness

    Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.

    Synonyms:
    benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

    Antonyms:
    cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

    Preposition:
    The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.

Princeton's WordNet2.4 / 7 votes

  1. forgivenessnoun

    compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

    Synonyms:
    pardon

  2. forgiveness, pardonnoun

    the act of excusing a mistake or offense

    Synonyms:
    free pardon, amnesty, pardon

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  1. clemancy

    Submitted by anonymous on January 3, 2021  

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  1. forgivenessnoun

    Synonyms:
    PARDON, absolution, remission, acquittal

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  1. forgivenessnoun

    Synonyms:
    pardon, remission, absolution, condonation, acquittal, indulgence

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "forgiveness":

    pardon, cancellation, sorry, forgive, remission, write-off, exoneration, clemency, relief

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#8158mercy
#11641blessing
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#13192amnesty
#14886pity
#15279kindness
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#17724pardon
#25987remission
#26713tenderness
#43547clemency
#44359benevolence
#50293forbearance
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#138745exoneration
#155933mildness
#243923lenity
#299128benignity

How to use forgiveness in a sentence?

  1. Oren Arnold:

    Christmas gift suggestions To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.

  2. Amy Klobuchar:

    I would ask for forgiveness any time any of Elizabeth Warren get mad at me. I can be blunt.

  3. Dag Hammarskjld:

    Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

  4. Ben Erweny:

    Kayo Cuk is about extending an olive branch, and if Ongwen comes to Barlonyo and seeks forgiveness and people see that he is sincere then he can definitely be forgiven, he would maybe bring a bull which would be slaughtered for the people to eat. It would an occasion for merriment.

  5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    Unconditional love and forgiveness are the sources of eternal happiness.


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