FORGIVE, FORGIVEN, FORGIVENESS, FORGIVING
ADJECTIVES
► ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal → Bk1611
► IGNOSCIBLE fit to be forgiven or pardoned; tolerable → 1656 obs.
► REMISSIBLE admitting forgiveness
► VENIAL worthy of pardon, forgiveness, or remission; not grave or heinous; pardonable → a1300
NOUNS
► IGNOSCENCY forgiveness; forgiving spirit → 1647 obs.
► LESNESS absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins → c950 obs.
► VENY pardon or forgiveness; a request for this; the gesture of kneeling or prostrating oneself as in indication of penitence and desire for pardon → a1225 obs.
VERBS
► LOOK OVER to disregard, to forgive, to overlook → 1887 Amer. dial.
► MAKE A BIG FELLER OF ONESELF to give the impression that one is generous or forgiving → c1945 Aust. sl.
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