"forgiveness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fəˈɡɪvnəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɚˈɡɪvnəs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-forgiveness.ogg [US] Forms: forgivenesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forgiveness, forgifnes, from Old English forġiefnes, equivalent to forgive + -ness. Cognate with Dutch vergiffenis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forgiveness}} Middle English forgiveness, {{m|enm|forgifnes}} forgifnes, {{inh|en|ang|forġiefnes}} Old English forġiefnes, {{suffix|en|forgive|ness|}} forgive + -ness, {{cog|nl|vergiffenis}} Dutch vergiffenis Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} forgiveness (usually uncountable, plural forgivenesses)
  1. The action of forgiving. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (action of forgiving): remission Translations (the action of forgiving): falje [feminine] (Albanian), ἄφεσις (áphesis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَغْفِرَة (maḡfira) [feminine] (Arabic), غُفْرَان (ḡufrān) [masculine] (Arabic), مُسَامَحَة (musāmaḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), عَفْو (ʕafw) [masculine] (Arabic), ներում (nerum) (Armenian), ljirtari [feminine] (Aromanian), ljirtãciuni [feminine] (Aromanian), əfv (Azerbaijani), bağışlama (Azerbaijani), bağışlanma (Azerbaijani), прабачэ́нне (prabačénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), ক্ষমা (khoma) (Bengali), মাফি (maphi) (Bengali), মাগফিরাত (magfirat) (Bengali), опроще́ние (oprošténie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), про́шка (próška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), извине́ние (izvinénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ခွင့်လွှတ်ခြင်း (hkwang.hlwathkrang:) (Burmese), kapasayloan (Cebuano), لێبوردن (lêburdin) (Central Kurdish), 饒恕 (Chinese Mandarin), 饶恕 (ráoshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 寬恕 (Chinese Mandarin), 宽恕 (kuānshù) (Chinese Mandarin), odpuštění [neuter] (Czech), tilgivelse [common-gender] (Danish), eftergivelse [common-gender] (Danish), vergeving [feminine] (Dutch), vergiffenis [feminine] (Dutch), pardono (Esperanto), andeksand (Estonian), andeksandmine (Estonian), anteeksianto (Finnish), anteeksi antaminen (Finnish), anteeksiantamus (english: religious) (Finnish), pardon [masculine] (French), შენდობა (šendoba) (Georgian), პატიება (ṗaṭieba) (Georgian), Verzeihung [feminine] (German), Vergebung [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄 (aflēt) [neuter] (Gothic), συγχώρεση (synchóresi) [feminine] (Greek), συγγνώμη (syngnómi) [feminine] (Greek), סְלִיחָה (slikhá) [feminine] (Hebrew), क्षमा (kṣamā) [feminine] (Hindi), माफ़ी (māfī) [feminine] (Hindi), megbocsátás (Hungarian), maitheamh [masculine] (Irish), perdono [masculine] (Italian), 容赦 (yōsha) (alt: ようしゃ) (Japanese), кешірім (keşırım) (Kazakh), 용서 (yongseo) (alt: 容恕) (Korean), кечирүү (kecirüü) (Kyrgyz), ການໃຫ້ອະໄພ (kān hai ʼa phai) (Lao), venia [feminine] (Latin), remissio [feminine] (Latin), piedošana [feminine] (Latvian), atleidimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), прошка (proška) [feminine] (Macedonian), извинение (izvinenie) [neuter] (Macedonian), Famelana (Malagasy), maaf (Malay), maih (Manx), maihnys [masculine] (Manx), murunga (Maori), murunga hara (Maori), tilgivelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forġiefnes [feminine] (Old English), بخشش (baxšeš) (Persian), گذشت (gozašt) (Persian), معافی (mo'âfi) (Persian), wybaczenie [neuter] (Polish), przebaczenie [neuter] (Polish), odpuszczenie [neuter] (Polish), perdão [masculine] (Portuguese), iertare [feminine] (Romanian), scuză [feminine] (Romanian), pardon [neuter] (Romanian), проще́ние (proščénije) [neuter] (Russian), извине́ние (izvinénije) [neuter] (Russian), опроште́ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), извиње́ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), oprošténje [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), izvinjénje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), odpustenie [neuter] (Slovak), odpuščanje [neuter] (Slovene), perdón [masculine] (Spanish), ghofira (Swahili), förlåtelse [common-gender] (Swedish), kapatawaran (Tagalog), бахшиш (baxšiš) (Tajik), гузашт (guzašt) (Tajik), อโหสิกรรม (à-hǒo-sì-gam) (Thai), การให้อภัย (gaan-hâi-à-pai) (Thai), kṣānti (Tocharian B), af (Turkish), bağışlama (Turkish), проще́ння (proščénnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), проба́чення (probáčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), مُعَافِی (mu'āfī) [feminine] (Urdu), kechirish (Uzbek), kechirim (Uzbek), sự tha thứ (Vietnamese), pard (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-forgiveness-en-noun-r2KIimWk Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'action of forgiving': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'the action of forgiving': 93 7
  2. Readiness to forgive. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (readiness to forgive): mercy Translations (readiness to forgive): barmhjertighed [common-gender] (Danish), villighed til at tilgive (Danish), vergevingsgezindheid (Dutch), anteeksiantavaisuus (Finnish), Versöhnlichkeit [feminine] (German), Nachsicht [feminine] (German), снисходи́тельность (snisxodítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), misericordia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-forgiveness-en-noun-GlYOgfQ~ Disambiguation of 'readiness to forgive': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'readiness to forgive': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forgiveness Derived forms: it's better to ask forgiveness than permission, it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission Related terms: pardon, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion, indulgence, reprieve, reconciliation, revenge

Inflected forms

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    },
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    }
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      "word": "reconciliation"
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          "_dis": "66 34",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89",
          "text": "At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913 January 2, G. E. Reece, “\"The Bookman\" Prize Competitions § Results of Competitions for December § Forgive!”, in The Bookman, volume XLIII, number 256",
          "text": "But Oh! what anguish can more poignant be\nThan of the heart which vainly longs to plead\nForgiveness from the dead? Shall the dead heed?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Jimmy Carter, “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, Simon & Schuster, →OCLC, page 39",
          "text": "Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and misinterpreting Holy Scriptures and numerous examples of mercy. We remember God’s forgiveness of Cain, who killed Abel, and the adulterer King David, who arranged the killing of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, his lover.",
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        "The action of forgiving."
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "sense": "action of forgiving",
          "word": "remission"
        }
      ],
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        "usually"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "falje"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ase",
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          "note": "BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "maḡfira",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مَغْفِرَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡufrān",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "غُفْرَان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "musāmaḥa",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مُسَامَحَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕafw",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "عَفْو"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nerum",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "ներում"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ljirtari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ljirtãciuni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "əfv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "bağışlama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "bağışlanma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "prabačénnje",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "прабачэ́нне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "khoma",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "ক্ষমা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "maphi",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "মাফি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "magfirat",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "মাগফিরাত"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oprošténie",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "опроще́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "próška",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "про́шка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izvinénie",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "извине́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hkwang.hlwathkrang:",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "ခွင့်လွှတ်ခြင်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "kapasayloan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "饒恕"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ráoshù",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "饶恕"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "寬恕"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuānshù",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "宽恕"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "odpuštění"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tilgivelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "eftergivelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vergeving"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vergiffenis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "pardono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "andeksand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "andeksandmine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "anteeksianto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "anteeksi antaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "religious",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "anteeksiantamus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pardon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šendoba",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "შენდობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗaṭieba",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "word": "პატიება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verzeihung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Vergebung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "aflēt",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "synchóresi",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συγχώρεση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "syngnómi",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συγγνώμη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "áphesis",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἄφεσις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "slikhá",
          "sense": "the action of forgiving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "סְלִיחָה"
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          "word": "iertare"
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          "word": "проще́ние"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "word": "опроште́ње"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "word": "kapatawaran"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "sense": "readiness to forgive",
          "tags": [
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          "ref": "1913 January 2, G. E. Reece, “\"The Bookman\" Prize Competitions § Results of Competitions for December § Forgive!”, in The Bookman, volume XLIII, number 256",
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɚˈɡɪvnəs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-forgiveness.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/En-us-forgiveness.ogg/En-us-forgiveness.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-us-forgiveness.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "action of forgiving",
      "word": "remission"
    },
    {
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "word": "mercy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:forgiveness",
      "word": "forgiveness"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "note": "BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maḡfira",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَغْفِرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡufrān",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غُفْرَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "musāmaḥa",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُسَامَحَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕafw",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَفْو"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nerum",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "ներում"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ljirtari"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ljirtãciuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "əfv"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "bağışlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "bağışlanma"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prabačénnje",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прабачэ́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "khoma",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "ক্ষমা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "maphi",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "মাফি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "magfirat",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "মাগফিরাত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oprošténie",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опроще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "próška",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "про́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izvinénie",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "извине́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hkwang.hlwathkrang:",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "ခွင့်လွှတ်ခြင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "kapasayloan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "饒恕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ráoshù",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "饶恕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "寬恕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuānshù",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "宽恕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odpuštění"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tilgivelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eftergivelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergeving"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vergiffenis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "pardono"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "andeksand"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "andeksandmine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "anteeksianto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "anteeksi antaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "religious",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "anteeksiantamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pardon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šendoba",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "შენდობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗaṭieba",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "პატიება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzeihung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vergebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aflēt",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synchóresi",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συγχώρεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syngnómi",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συγγνώμη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "áphesis",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἄφεσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "slikhá",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סְלִיחָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kṣamā",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "क्षमा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "māfī",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "माफ़ी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "megbocsátás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maitheamh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perdono"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōsha",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "容赦"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "keşırım",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "кешірім"
    },
    {
      "alt": "容恕",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yongseo",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "용서"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "lêburdin",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "لێبوردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kecirüü",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "кечирүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān hai ʼa phai",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "ການໃຫ້ອະໄພ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "venia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "remissio"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piedošana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atleidimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "proška",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прошка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izvinenie",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "извинение"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "Famelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "maaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "maih"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maihnys"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "murunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "murunga hara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tilgivelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forġiefnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "baxšeš",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "بخشش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gozašt",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "گذشت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mo'âfi",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "معافی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wybaczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przebaczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odpuszczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perdão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iertare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pardon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proščénije",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "проще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izvinénije",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "извине́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опроште́ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "извиње́ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "oprošténje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "izvinjénje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odpustenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odpuščanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perdón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "ghofira"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förlåtelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "kapatawaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "baxšiš",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "бахшиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "guzašt",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "гузашт"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-hǒo-sì-gam",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "อโหสิกรรม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-hâi-à-pai",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "การให้อภัย"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "kṣānti"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "af"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "bağışlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proščénnja",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "проще́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "probáčennja",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "проба́чення"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mu'āfī",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُعَافِی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "kechirish"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "kechirim"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "sự tha thứ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the action of forgiving",
      "word": "pard"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "barmhjertighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "word": "villighed til at tilgive"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "word": "vergevingsgezindheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "word": "anteeksiantavaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Versöhnlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachsicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snisxodítelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "снисходи́тельность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "readiness to forgive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "misericordia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "forgiveness"
  ],
  "word": "forgiveness"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "forgiveness"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "forgiveness",
  "trace": ""
}

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