Forgiveness

//fəˈɡɪvnəs//

Synonyms for "forgiveness" (75 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Strong matches (23)

Related words (37)

Noun(3 words)
mercypardonremission

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Translations

115 translations across 66 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • falje noun (the action of forgiving)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἄφεσις noun (the action of forgiving)

Arabic

4 entries
  • عَفْو noun (the action of forgiving)
  • غُفْرَان noun (the action of forgiving)
  • مَغْفِرَة noun (the action of forgiving)
  • مُسَامَحَة noun (the action of forgiving)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ներում noun (the action of forgiving)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • ljirtari noun (the action of forgiving)
  • ljirtãciuni noun (the action of forgiving)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • bağışlama noun (the action of forgiving)
  • bağışlanma noun (the action of forgiving)
  • əfv noun (the action of forgiving)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • прабачэ́нне noun (the action of forgiving)

Bengali

3 entries
  • ক্ষমা noun (the action of forgiving)
  • মাগফিরাত noun (the action of forgiving)
  • মাফি noun (the action of forgiving)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • извине́ние noun (the action of forgiving)
  • опроще́ние noun (the action of forgiving)
  • про́шка noun (the action of forgiving)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ခွင့်လွှတ်ခြင်း noun (the action of forgiving)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • kapasayloan noun (the action of forgiving)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • لێبوردن noun (the action of forgiving)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 寬恕 /宽恕 noun (the action of forgiving)
  • 饒恕 /饶恕 noun (the action of forgiving)

Czech

1 entries
  • odpuštění noun (the action of forgiving)

Danish

4 entries
  • barmhjertighed noun (readiness to forgive)
  • eftergivelse noun (the action of forgiving)
  • tilgivelse noun (the action of forgiving)
  • villighed til at tilgive noun (readiness to forgive)

Dutch

3 entries
  • vergeving noun (the action of forgiving)
  • vergevingsgezindheid noun (readiness to forgive)
  • vergiffenis noun (the action of forgiving)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kompato noun (readiness to forgive)
  • pardono noun (the action of forgiving)

Estonian

2 entries
  • andeksand noun (the action of forgiving)
  • andeksandmine noun (the action of forgiving)

Finnish

4 entries
  • anteeksi antaminen noun (the action of forgiving)
  • anteeksiantamus noun (the action of forgiving)
  • anteeksiantavaisuus noun (readiness to forgive)
  • anteeksianto noun (the action of forgiving)

French

1 entries
  • pardon noun (the action of forgiving)

Georgian

2 entries
  • პატიება noun (the action of forgiving)
  • შენდობა noun (the action of forgiving)

German

4 entries
  • Nachsicht noun (readiness to forgive)
  • Vergebung noun (the action of forgiving)
  • Versöhnlichkeit noun (readiness to forgive)
  • Verzeihung noun (the action of forgiving)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄 noun (the action of forgiving)

Greek

2 entries
  • συγγνώμη noun (the action of forgiving)
  • συγχώρεση noun (the action of forgiving)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סְלִיחָה noun (the action of forgiving)

Hindi

2 entries
  • क्षमा noun (the action of forgiving)
  • माफ़ी noun (the action of forgiving)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megbocsátás noun (the action of forgiving)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • بَخْشِش noun (the action of forgiving)
  • مُعافی noun (the action of forgiving)
  • گُذَشْت noun (the action of forgiving)

Irish

1 entries
  • maitheamh noun (the action of forgiving)

Italian

1 entries
  • perdono noun (the action of forgiving)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 容赦 noun (the action of forgiving)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • кешірім noun (the action of forgiving)

Korean

1 entries
  • 용서 noun (the action of forgiving)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кечирүү noun (the action of forgiving)

Lao

1 entries
  • ການໃຫ້ອະໄພ noun (the action of forgiving)

Latin

2 entries
  • remissio noun (the action of forgiving)
  • venia noun (the action of forgiving)

Latvian

1 entries
  • piedošana noun (the action of forgiving)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • atleidimas noun (the action of forgiving)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • извинение noun (the action of forgiving)
  • прошка noun (the action of forgiving)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • Famelana noun (the action of forgiving)

Malay

1 entries
  • maaf noun (the action of forgiving)

Manx

2 entries
  • maih noun (the action of forgiving)
  • maihnys noun (the action of forgiving)

Māori

2 entries
  • murunga noun (the action of forgiving)
  • murunga hara noun (the action of forgiving)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tilgivelse noun (the action of forgiving)

Old English

1 entries
  • forġiefnes noun (the action of forgiving)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • пребаченє noun (the action of forgiving)

Polish

3 entries
  • odpuszczenie noun (the action of forgiving)
  • przebaczenie noun (the action of forgiving)
  • wybaczenie noun (the action of forgiving)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • perdão noun (the action of forgiving)

Romanian

3 entries
  • iertare noun (the action of forgiving)
  • pardon noun (the action of forgiving)
  • scuză noun (the action of forgiving)

Russian

3 entries
  • извине́ние noun (the action of forgiving)
  • проще́ние noun (the action of forgiving)
  • снисходи́тельность noun (readiness to forgive)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • izvinjénje noun (the action of forgiving)
  • oprošténje noun (the action of forgiving)
  • извиње́ње noun (the action of forgiving)
  • опроште́ње noun (the action of forgiving)

Slovak

1 entries
  • odpustenie noun (the action of forgiving)

Slovene

1 entries
  • odpuščanje noun (the action of forgiving)

Spanish

2 entries
  • misericordia noun (readiness to forgive)
  • perdón noun (the action of forgiving)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ghofira noun (the action of forgiving)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förlåtelse noun (the action of forgiving)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kapatawaran noun (the action of forgiving)

Tajik

2 entries
  • бахшиш noun (the action of forgiving)
  • гузашт noun (the action of forgiving)

Thai

2 entries
  • การให้อภัย noun (the action of forgiving)
  • อโหสิกรรม noun (the action of forgiving)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kṣānti noun (the action of forgiving)

Turkish

2 entries
  • af noun (the action of forgiving)
  • bağışlama noun (the action of forgiving)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • проба́чення noun (the action of forgiving)
  • проще́ння noun (the action of forgiving)

Urdu

2 entries
  • بَخْشِش noun (the action of forgiving)
  • مُعَافی noun (the action of forgiving)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • kechirim noun (the action of forgiving)
  • kechirish noun (the action of forgiving)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự tha thứ noun (the action of forgiving)

Volapük

1 entries
  • pard noun (the action of forgiving)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I asked forgiveness for the mistake I made.

Source: tatoeba (256738)

She sought forgiveness for her guilty acts.

Source: tatoeba (316592)

The princess begged forgiveness from the emperor.

Source: tatoeba (327977)

They also teach that, for great sins, they cannot receive forgiveness unless they confess to their leader.

Source: tatoeba (328278)

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