Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Noun: forgiveness  fur'giv-nus
  1. Compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
     
  2. The act of excusing a mistake or offence
    - pardon

Derived forms: forgivenesses

Type of: benignity, kindness, mercifulness, mercy

Encyclopedia: Forgiveness

Nearest

forgetful person
forgetfully
forgetfulness
forget-me-not
forgettable
forgetter
forging
forgivable
forgivably
forgive
forgiveness
forgiver
forgiving
forgivingly
forgivingness
forgo
forgoing
forgotten
forint
fork
fork out