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| Main Entry: |
forgiveness
 [fer-giv-nis] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pardon; end of blame |
| Synonyms: | absolution, acquittal, amnesty, charity, clemency, compassion, condonation, dispensation, exculpation, exoneration, extenuation, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, justification, lenience, lenity, mercy, overlooking, palliation, purgation, quarter, quittance, remission, remittal, reprieve, respite, vindication |
| Antonyms: | accusation, blame, censure, charge, punishment, sentence |
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| Main Entry: | absolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forgiveness |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, amnesty, compurgation, exculpation, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, release |
| Main Entry: | amnesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pardon, often by government |
| Synonyms: | absolution, condonation, dispensation, forgiveness, immunity, reprieve |
Example Sentences
- Religion has the ability to bridge divides through empathy and forgiveness.
- Surprisingly, forgiveness is granted and respect is elevated.
- One outcome of debt forgiveness is building reputation around the world.
| Main Entry: | mercy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kindness, compassion |
| Synonyms: | benevolence, benignancy, blessing, boon, charity, clemency, commiseration, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, generosity, gentleness, godsend, goodwill, grace, humanity, kindliness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, luck, mildness, pity, quarter, relief, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance |
| Antonyms: | cruelty, intolerance, meanness, uncompassion |
| Main Entry: | penance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reparation for wrong |
| Synonyms: | absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering |
| Main Entry: | purification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freeing, cleansing |
| Synonyms: | ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, lustration, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing |
| Antonyms: | adulteration, corruption, dirtying, pollution |
| Main Entry: | remission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquittal, pardon |
| Synonyms: | absolution, amnesty, discharge, excuse, exemption, exoneration, forgiveness, indulgence, mercy, release, reprieve |
| Antonyms: | accusation, blame |
| Main Entry: | respite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, suspension in activity |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather, breathing space, cessation, coffee break, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime, ease, exculpation, five, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, protraction, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten, time, time out, truce |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condonation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pardon |
| Synonyms: | absolution, amnesty, condonance, forgiveness, release |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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