Forgiveness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

the act of excusing a mistake or offense

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɚɡˈɪvnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/fəɡˈɪvnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fəɡˈɪvnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /fɚɡˈɪvnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pardon

Word Forms

pardon

verb

accept an excuse for

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Vergebung

mitfühlende Gefühle, die die Bereitschaft zur Vergebung unterstützen

🇫🇷French

pardon

des sentiments de compassion qui soutiennent une volonté de pardonner

🇪🇸Spanish

perdón

Sentimientos compasivos que apoyan la voluntad de perdonar.

🇮🇹Italian

perdono

sentimenti compassionevoli che supportano la volontà di perdonare

🇳🇱Dutch

vergiffenis

medelevende gevoelens die de bereidheid om te vergeven ondersteunen

🇵🇹Portuguese

perdão

sentimentos de compaixão que apoiam a disposição de perdoar

🇷🇺Russian

прощение

сострадательные чувства, которые поддерживают готовность прощать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्षमा

दयालु भावनाएँ जो क्षमा करने की इच्छा का समर्थन करती हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষমা

সহানুভূতিশীল অনুভূতি যা ক্ষমা করার ইচ্ছাকে সমর্থন করে

🇮🇳Tamil

மன்னிப்பு

மன்னிக்கும் விருப்பத்தை ஆதரிக்கும் இரக்க உணர்வுகள்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్షమాపణ

క్షమించే అంగీకారానికి మద్దతు ఇచ్చే దయగల భావాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

क्षमा

दयाळू भावना ज्या क्षमा करण्याच्या इच्छेचे समर्थन करतात

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્ષમા

દયાળુ લાગણીઓ જે માફ કરવાની ઇચ્છાને સમર્થન આપે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಷಮೆ

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸುವ ಇಚ್ಛೆಯನ್ನು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸುವ ಸಹಾನುಭೂತಿಯ ಭಾವನೆಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്ഷമ

ക്ഷമിക്കാനുള്ള സന്നദ്ധതയെ പിന്തുണയ്ക്കുന്ന അനുകമ്പയുള്ള വികാരങ്ങൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਾਫ਼ੀ

ਦਿਆਲੂ ਭਾਵਨਾਵਾਂ ਜੋ ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਦਾ ਸਮਰਥਨ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

معافی

ہمدردانہ جذبات جو معاف کرنے کی خواہش کی حمایت کرتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

饶恕

支持宽恕意愿的同情心

🇯🇵Japanese

許し

許す意欲を支える思いやりの気持ち

🇰🇷Korean

용서

용서하려는 의지를 뒷받침하는 동정심

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự tha thứ

cảm xúc từ bi hỗ trợ sự sẵn sàng tha thứ

🇹🇭Thai

การให้อภัย

ความรู้สึกเห็นอกเห็นใจที่สนับสนุนความเต็มใจที่จะให้อภัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengampunan

perasaan welas asih yang mendukung kesediaan untuk memaafkan

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapatawad

mahabagin na damdamin na sumusuporta sa pagpayag na magpatawad

🇲🇾Malay

pengampunan

perasaan belas kasihan yang menyokong kesediaan untuk memaafkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مغفرة

المشاعر الرحيمة التي تدعم الرغبة في المسامحة

🇮🇷Persian

بخشش

احساسات دلسوزانه ای که از تمایل به بخشش حمایت می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

bağışlama

Affetme isteğini destekleyen şefkatli duygular

🇮🇱Hebrew

סְלִיחָה

רגשות חמלה התומכים בנכונות לסלוח

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