forgiveness
Definitions
Equivalents
42 more languages
Azərbaycan diliəfv
Беларускаяпрабачэнне
Češtinaodpuštění
Gaeilgemaitheamh
Magyarmegbocsátás
Հայերեններում
Italianoperdono
Қазақ тілікешірім
한국어용서
Bahasa Melayumaaf
Portuguêsperdão
Ikinyarwandaimbabazi
Shqipfalje
Svenskaförlåtelse
Kiswahilighofira
Тоҷикӣбахшиш
Tagalogkapatawaran
Examples
“He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop⟳.”
“At the end⟳ of a week, she could bear⟳ the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.”
“It was not a war party, so it surely was men who came to ask⟳ for peace and forgiveness.”
“But Oh! what anguish can more poignant be Than of the heart which vainly longs to plead Forgiveness from the dead? Shall the dead heed?”
“Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and misinterpreting Holy Scriptures and numerous examples of mercy. We remember⟳ God’s forgiveness of Cain, who killed Abel, and the adulterer King David, who arranged the killing of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, his lover.”
“If the incident in question⟳ causes you continued distress and negatively impacts your life, that’s where the f-word — forgiveness — may have⟳ a role to play⟳, said psychologist Robert Enright, a pioneer in the field of forgiveness science and professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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