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forgiveness(dictionary)

forgiveness (iou)



forgiveness noun. OE.
[from forgiven pa. pple of FORGIVE + -NESS.]
The action of forgiving; the state of being forgiven. Formerly also, indulgent permission. OE.
M. Milner The trespasses that the prayer book says we also need forgiveness for. Time He advocates complete forgiveness of interest payments.
Readiness to forgive. ME.
E. F. Benson That higher power of forgiveness which is to forget.