forgiveness

forgiveness
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Granting of pardon
Nouns — forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve; excuse, exoneration, exculpation (see acquittal); conciliation, reconciliation; placability (see pacification). See oblivion.
Verbs
1. forgive, pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands, forget an injury, forgive and forget, live and let live; excuse, pass over, overlook; wink at (see neglect); bear with; allow for, make allowances for; let one down easily, not be too hard upon, bury the hatchet; write off; let off, remit, absolve, give absolution, reprieve, wipe the slate clean, turn the other cheek; acquit (see acquittal).
2. beg, ask, or implore pardon, excuse oneself; conciliate, propitiate, placate; make one's peace with, make up a quarrel (see pacification).
Adjectives — forgiving, placable, conciliatory, indulgent; forgiven, pardoned, condoned, etc., unresented, unavenged, unrevenged.
Phrases — to know all is to forgive all; charity covers a multitude of sins.
Quotations — To err is human; to forgive, divine (Alexander Pope), I never forgive, but I always forget (Arthur James Balfour), Father forgive them; for they know not what they do (Bible), It is by forgiving that one is forgiven (Mother Teresa).
Antonyms, see retaliation.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. absolution, pardon, acquittal, exoneration, remission, dispensation, exculpation, extenuation, reprieve, quittance, justification, amnesty, respite, indulgence, mercy, clemency.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
pardon, excusing, forbearance, absolution, amnesty, reprieve, dispensation, mercy, exoneration, clemency, acquittal. The fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.''—Mark Twain. Man's deepest need and highest achievement.''— Horace Bushnell. The sweetest re-venge.''—Isaac Friedmann.
ANT.: condemnation, conviction, revenge
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act or an instance of forgiving: absolution, amnesty, condonation, excuse, pardon, remission. See FORGIVENESS.

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