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Definition of Forgiveness

1. Noun. Compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive.

Definition of Forgiveness

1. n. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.

Definition of Forgiveness

1. Noun. The action of forgiving. ¹

2. Noun. Readiness to forgive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forgiveness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgiveness

Literary usage of Forgiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"42), and forgiveness is not of original sin, but individual sins (Matt. vi. 12, ix. 2). Guilt is always individual. It may be said that the greater the ..."

2. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (1883)
"He speaks forgiveness on earth, because He is its embodiment. As regards the second idea, that of the sinner, all other systems know of no welcome to him ..."

3. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"It is more frequent in the Acts—238 (baptism for forgiveness of sins in the name of Christ), 531 (repentance and forgiveness of sins), 1043 (forgiveness of ..."

4. The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1842)
"THE most plain and natural sentiments of equity concur with divine authority, to enforce the duty of forgiveness. Let him who has never in his life done ..."

5. The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1840)
"But let such as are conscious of frailties and crimes, consider forgiveness as a debt which they owe to others. Common failings are the strongest lesson of ..."

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