Antonyms for Forgiveness
fərˈgɪv nɪsfor·give·ness

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forgivenessnoun

   The action of forgiving.

   Synonyms:
   remission

2. forgivenessnoun

   Readiness to forgive.

   Synonyms:
   mercy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. forgiveness

   Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.

   Antonyms:
   cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

   Preposition:
   The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.

Matched Categories

1. • Kindness
   • Mercy

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.4 / 7 votes

1. forgivenessnoun

   compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

   Synonyms:
   pardon

2. forgiveness, pardonnoun

   the act of excusing a mistake or offense

   Synonyms:
   free pardon, forgiveness, amnesty, pardon

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1. forgivenessnoun

   Synonyms:
   pardon, remission, absolution, condonation, acquittal, indulgence

How to use Forgiveness in a sentence?

1. Frank Sinatra Bono:

   Miserere is one of my favourite of your father's crescendos, i can hardly remember what it was about... other than forgiveness that is... and a toast to being alive.

2. Tonya Harding:

   I don’t want her anywhere near me. I don’t want her anywhere near my son, she wants forgiveness. She wants to see me. She wants to make amends. She wants to meet and be part of the family. Hell no.

3. Josh Billings:

   There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

4. North Korea:

   I never, never should have allowed Otto Frederick Warmbier to be lured by the United States administration to commit a crime in this country. I wish that the United States administration never manipulate people like Otto Frederick Warmbier in the future to commit crimes against foreign countries. I entirely beg you, the people and government of the DPRK, for your forgiveness. Please ! I made the worst mistake of my life !

5. Mitt Romney:

   Sad to see what’s being done to bribe the voters, biden's student loan forgiveness plan may win Democrats some votes, but it fuels inflation, foots taxpayers with other people’s financial obligations, is unfair to those who paid their own way and creates irresponsible expectations.

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