VI. WORDS RELATING TO THE SENTIMENT AND MORAL POWERS
III. SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
2. Retrospective sympathetic affections
Forgiveness.
[Nouns] forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve.
conciliation; reconcilement; reconciliation (pacification) [more]; propitiation.
excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation (acquittal) [more].
longanimity, placability; amantium irae; locus paenitentiae; forbearance.
[Verbs] forgive, forgive and forget; pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands; forget an injury.
excuse, pass over, overlook; wink at (neglect) [more]; bear with; allow for, make allowances for; let one down easily, not be too hard upon, pocket the affront.
let off, remit, absolve, give absolution, reprieve; acquit [more].
beg pardon, ask pardon, implore pardon; conciliate, propitiate, placate; make up a quarrel (pacify) [more]; let the wound heal.
[Adjectives] forgiving, placable, conclliatory,.
forgiven; unresented, unavenged, unrevenged.
[Phrases] veniam petimusque damusque vicissim [Horace]; more in sorrow than in anger; comprendre tout c'est tout pardonner; "the offender never pardons" [Herbert].
