forgiveness
part of speech
noun (forgiveness — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Forgiveness is when you stop being angry with someone who hurt you and do not try to pay them back. tree →
2) Forgiveness is also the act of asking to be forgiven, as in "ask for forgiveness". tree →
3) (church) Christians believe God offers forgiveness of sins to people who are truly sorry. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it is God pardoning sin and wrongdoing when people turn back to Him. Interpretation: Tradition connects this to teshuvah (repentance) and to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, when God is asked to forgive. In the primary lessons: In stories forgiveness often ends a quarrel and lets friends start again; the reader sees a character grow. In ethics lessons pupils talk about whether you can forgive without forgetting, and whether forgiveness means the wrong did not matter (it does not). In church people pray for forgiveness, and the Lord's Prayer says "forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us". Phrases: ask for forgiveness, beg forgiveness, show forgiveness, forgiveness of sins.
examples
- For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared. (Writings PSA.130.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- To the Lord our God belong compassions and forgivenesses; for we have rebelled against Him; (Writings DAN.9.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- She asked her brother for forgiveness after she broke his kite. tree →
- Forgiveness takes courage when someone has really hurt you. tree →
- The father ran out to meet his lost son with hugs and forgiveness. tree →
- Christians pray for the forgiveness of their sins. tree →
- Forgiveness doesn't mean pretending nothing happened. tree →
- After the fight, the two boys shook hands as a sign of forgiveness. tree →
- I'm sorry, and I hope for your forgiveness. tree →
- The king begged forgiveness for his former fault, and requested him to revive his daughter. tree →
note
Uncountable: no "a forgiveness", no plural. Verb forgive (forgave, forgiven). Spelling: forgive + ness, keep the e. Forgiving someone is not the same as trusting them again at once, and it does not cancel fair consequences.
In the corpora
- For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.
- To the Lord our God belong compassions and forgivenesses; for we have rebelled against Him;
- He said everyone slips and forgiveness does not run out, but each time you must put it right, and habits change slowly.
- People who have confessed can slip again; forgiveness does not run out, but each wrong must be put right.
- People who have confessed can slip again; forgiveness does not run out, but each wrong must be put right.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «forgiveness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.