Forgiveness definition
When you are mad at someone but you then accept his apology and are no longer mad, this is an example of forgiveness.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi.
Origin of forgiveness
- From Middle English forgiveness, forgifnes, from Old English forġifnes, forġiefnes, forġiefennes (“forgiveness, remission, indulgence, permission”, literally “forgivenness”), equivalent to forgiven + -ness.
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