forgiveness

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fəˈɡɪvnəs/
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• General-American: /fɚˈɡɪvnəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: F ER0 G IH1 V N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F AO0 R G IH1 V N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Germanic *fra- Proto-Indo-European *ghebh- Proto-Germanic *gebaną ▲ Late Latin perdōnōcalq. Proto-Germanic *fragebaną Old English forġiefan Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Old English forġiefnes Middle English forgiveness English forgiveness From Middle English forgiveness, forgifnes, from Old English forġiefnes. By surface analysis, forgive + -ness. Cognate with Dutch vergiffenis.

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: falje — the action of forgiving
• Arabic: مَغْفِرَة (maḡfira) — the action of forgiving
• Arabic: غُفْرَان (ḡufrān) — the action of forgiving
• Arabic: مُسَامَحَة (musāmaḥa) — the action of forgiving
• Arabic: عَفْو (ʕafw) — the action of forgiving
• Armenian: ներում (nerum) — the action of forgiving
• Aromanian: ljirtari — the action of forgiving
• Aromanian: ljirtãciuni — the action of forgiving
• Azerbaijani: əfv — the action of forgiving
• Azerbaijani: bağışlama — the action of forgiving
• Azerbaijani: bağışlanma — the action of forgiving
• Belarusian: прабачэ́нне (prabačénnje) — the action of forgiving
• Bengali: ক্ষমা (khoma) — the action of forgiving
• Bengali: মাফি (maphi) — the action of forgiving
• Bengali: মাগফিরাত (magfirat) — the action of forgiving
• Bulgarian: опроще́ние (oprošténie) — the action of forgiving
• Bulgarian: про́шка (próška) — the action of forgiving
• Bulgarian: извине́ние (izvinénie) — the action of forgiving
• Burmese: ခွင့်လွှတ်ခြင်း (hkwang.hlwathkrang:) — the action of forgiving
• Cebuano: kapasayloan — the action of forgiving
• Chinese Mandarin: 饒恕 /饶恕 (ráoshù) — the action of forgiving
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬恕 /宽恕 (kuānshù) — the action of forgiving
• Czech: odpuštění — the action of forgiving
• Danish: tilgivelse — the action of forgiving
• Danish: eftergivelse — the action of forgiving
• Dutch: vergeving — the action of forgiving
• Dutch: vergiffenis — the action of forgiving
• Esperanto: pardono — the action of forgiving
• Estonian: andeksand — the action of forgiving
• Estonian: andeksandmine — the action of forgiving
• Finnish: anteeksianto — the action of forgiving
• Finnish: anteeksi antaminen — the action of forgiving
• Finnish: anteeksiantamus — the action of forgiving
• French: pardon — the action of forgiving
• Georgian: შენდობა (šendoba) — the action of forgiving
• Georgian: პატიება (ṗaṭieba) — the action of forgiving
• German: Verzeihung — the action of forgiving
• German: Vergebung — the action of forgiving
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄 (aflēt) — the action of forgiving
• Greek: συγχώρεση (synchóresi) — the action of forgiving
• Greek: συγγνώμη (syngnómi) — the action of forgiving
• Ancient Greek: ἄφεσις (áphesis) — the action of forgiving
• Hebrew: סְלִיחָה (slikhá) — the action of forgiving
• Hindi: क्षमा (kṣamā) — the action of forgiving
• Hindi: माफ़ी (māfī) — the action of forgiving
• Hungarian: megbocsátás — the action of forgiving
• Irish: maitheamh — the action of forgiving
• Italian: perdono — the action of forgiving
• Japanese: 容赦 (yōsha) — the action of forgiving
• Kazakh: кешірім (keşırım) — the action of forgiving
• Korean: 용서 (yongseo) — the action of forgiving
• Central Kurdish: لێبوردن (lêburdin) — the action of forgiving
• Kyrgyz: кечирүү (kecirüü) — the action of forgiving
• Lao: ການໃຫ້ອະໄພ (kān phai) — the action of forgiving
• Latin: venia — the action of forgiving
• Latin: remissio — the action of forgiving
• Latvian: piedošana — the action of forgiving
• Lithuanian: atleidimas — the action of forgiving
• Macedonian: прошка (proška) — the action of forgiving
• Macedonian: извинение (izvinenie) — the action of forgiving
• Malagasy: Famelana — the action of forgiving
• Malay: maaf — the action of forgiving
• Manx: maih — the action of forgiving
• Manx: maihnys — the action of forgiving
• Māori: murunga — the action of forgiving
• Māori: murunga hara — the action of forgiving
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilgivelse — the action of forgiving
• Old English: forġiefnes — the action of forgiving
• Pannonian Rusyn: пребаченє (prebačenje) — the action of forgiving
• Iranian Persian: بَخْشِش (baxšeš) — the action of forgiving
• Iranian Persian: گُذَشْت (gozašt) — the action of forgiving
• Iranian Persian: مُعافی (mo'âfi) — the action of forgiving
• Polish: wybaczenie — the action of forgiving
• Polish: przebaczenie — the action of forgiving
• Polish: odpuszczenie — the action of forgiving
• Portuguese: perdão — the action of forgiving
• Romanian: iertare — the action of forgiving
• Romanian: scuză — the action of forgiving
• Romanian: pardon — the action of forgiving
• Russian: проще́ние (proščénije) — the action of forgiving
• Russian: извине́ние (izvinénije) — the action of forgiving
• Serbo-Croatian: опроште́ње — the action of forgiving
• Serbo-Croatian: извиње́ње — the action of forgiving
• Serbo-Croatian: oprošténje — the action of forgiving
• Serbo-Croatian: izvinjénje — the action of forgiving
• Slovak: odpustenie — the action of forgiving
• Slovene: odpuščanje — the action of forgiving
• Spanish: perdón — the action of forgiving
• Swahili: ghofira — the action of forgiving
• Swedish: förlåtelse — the action of forgiving
• Tagalog: kapatawaran — the action of forgiving
• Tajik: бахшиш (baxšiš) — the action of forgiving
• Tajik: гузашт (guzašt) — the action of forgiving
• Thai: อโหสิกรรม (à-hǒo-sì-gam) — the action of forgiving
• Thai: การให้อภัย (gaan-hâi-à-pai) — the action of forgiving
• Tocharian B: kṣānti — the action of forgiving
• Turkish: af — the action of forgiving
• Turkish: bağışlama — the action of forgiving
• Ukrainian: проще́ння (proščénnja) — the action of forgiving
• Ukrainian: проба́чення (probáčennja) — the action of forgiving
• Urdu: مُعَافی (mu'āfī) — the action of forgiving
• Urdu: بَخْشِش (baxśiś) — the action of forgiving
• Uzbek: kechirish — the action of forgiving
• Uzbek: kechirim — the action of forgiving
• Vietnamese: sự tha thứ — the action of forgiving
• Volapük: pard — the action of forgiving
• Danish: barmhjertighed — readiness to forgive
• Danish: villighed til at tilgive — readiness to forgive
• Dutch: vergevingsgezindheid — readiness to forgive
• Esperanto: kompato — readiness to forgive
• Finnish: anteeksiantavaisuus — readiness to forgive
• German: Versöhnlichkeit — readiness to forgive
• German: Nachsicht — readiness to forgive
• Russian: снисходи́тельность (snisxodítelʹnostʹ) — readiness to forgive
• Spanish: misericordia — readiness to forgive