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FORGIVINGNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forgivingness mean?
• FORGIVINGNESS (noun)
The noun FORGIVINGNESS has 1 sense:
1. tendency to be kind and forgiving
Familiarity information: FORGIVINGNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tendency to be kind and forgiving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
forgivingness; kindness
Hypernyms ("forgivingness" is a kind of...):
mercifulness; mercy (a disposition to be kind and forgiving)
Derivation:
forgiving (providing absolution)
forgiving (inclined or able to forgive and show mercy)
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