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"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?",
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"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."
],
"links": [
[
"forgiving",
"forgive"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 130:3–4:",
"text": "If thou, Lord, shouldest marke iniquities: O Lord, who shal stand? But there is forgiuenesse with thee: that thou mayest be feared.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1931, Mahatma Gandhi, Young India:",
"text": "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Readiness to forgive."
],
"links": [
[
"Readiness",
"readiness"
],
[
"forgive",
"forgive"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fəˈɡɪvnəs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fɚˈɡɪvnəs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-us-forgiveness.ogg"
}
],
"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"
}
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.