OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31578

forgiveness

/fəˈɡɪvnəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
perdón
The action of forgiving.
At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.
He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.
misericordia
A readiness to forgive.
If thou, Lord, shouldest marke iniquities: O Lord, who shal stand? But there is forgiuenesse with thee: that thou mayest be feared.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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