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forgiveness

  • noun
  • for·give·ness
  • /fəˈɡɪvnəs/

The action of forgiving.

Other meanings

  1. A readiness to forgive.

Related words

  • preforgiveness
  • unforgiveness

Word history

From Old English "forġiefnes".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “forgiveness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.