| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forgiveness |
| Synonyms: | caritas, charity, compassion, endurance, equitableness, fairness, forbearance, gentleness, grace, humanity, indulgence, justness, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, moderation, soft-heartedness, sufferance, tenderness, tolerance, toleration |
| Antonyms: | no mercy |
| Main Entry: | compassion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tender feeling |
| Synonyms: | benevolence, charity, clemency, commiseration, compunction, condolence, consideration, empathy, fellow feeling, grace, heart, humaneness, humanity, kindness, lenity, mercy, softheartedness, softness, sorrow, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness, yearning |
| Antonyms: | cruelty, harshness, hatred, indifference, meanness, mercilessness, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | forgiveness |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mercy, forgiveness |
| Synonyms: | benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, caritas, charity, clemency, compassion, compassionateness, favor, forbearance, generosity, good will, goodness, indulgence, kindliness, kindness, leniency, lenity, love, pardon, quarter, reprieve, responsiveness, tenderness |
| Antonyms: | mercilessness, unforgiveness |
| Main Entry: | kindness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compassion, generosity |
| Synonyms: | affection, altruism, amiability, beneficence, benevolence, charity, clemency, consideration, cordiality, courtesy, decency, delicacy, fellow feeling, forbearance, gentleness, good intention, good will, goodness, grace, graciousness, heart, helpfulness, hospitality, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, magnanimity, mildness, patience, philanthropy, serviceability, solicitousness, solicitude, sweetness, sympathy, tact, tenderness, thoughtfulness, tolerance, understanding, unselfishness |
| Antonyms: | cruelty, harshness, meanness |
| 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: | pardon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forgiveness |
| Synonyms: | absolution, acquittal, allowance, amnesty, anchor, clemency, commute, conciliation, condonation, discharge, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, forbearance, freeing, grace, indemnification, indemnity, indulgence, justification, kindness, lifeboat, lifesaver, mercy, release, remission, reprieve, vindication |
| Notes: | a pardon is the act of excusing a mistake or offense; an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |
| Antonyms: | chastisement, condemnation, damning, ostracization, penalty, punishment |
| Main Entry: | pity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling of mercy toward another |
| Synonyms: | benevolence, charity, clemency, comfort, commiseration, compassion, compunction, condolement, condolence, dejection, distress, empathy, favor, forbearance, goodness, grace, humanity, kindliness, kindness, lenity, melancholy, mercy, philanthropy, quarter, rue, ruth, sadness, solace, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness, understanding, warmth |
| Antonyms: | disdain, malevolence, mercilessness |
| Main Entry: | quarter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forgiveness |
| Synonyms: | clemency, compassion, favor, grace, leniency, lenity, mercy, pity |
| Antonyms: | disfavor, mercilessness |