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Forgiveness

The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.

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Benignity 76% connected

The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.

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Kindness 76% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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Mercy 76% connected

Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adver…

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Condonation 76% connected

The act of condoning or pardoning.

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Exculpation 76% connected

The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

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Pardon 92% connected

The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.

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Abandon noun · 77% connection

a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"

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Abashment noun · 77% connection

feeling embarrassed due to modesty

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Abhorrence noun · 77% connection

hate coupled with disgust

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Affect noun · 77% connection

the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

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ambivalence noun · 77% connection

mixed feelings or emotions

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Anger noun · 77% connection

a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

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Attachment noun · 77% connection

a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

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Complex noun · 77% connection

(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

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Dread noun · 77% connection

fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

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Electra complex noun · 77% connection

a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father

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Electricity noun · 77% connection

keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"

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Empathy noun · 77% connection

understanding and entering into another's feelings

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Absolution noun · 78% connection

The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgi…

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Blight noun · 78% connection

Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole…

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Blood extravasation noun · 78% connection

the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions

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Excusable adjective · 78% connection

That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: forgiving, forgiven, injuries.
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Feud noun · 78% connection

A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.

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Forgivable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial.

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Forgive verb · 78% connection

To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in referen…

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Forgiving adjective · 78% connection

Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper.

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Incidence noun · 78% connection

The rate or number of new cases arising over time.

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Liability insurance noun · 78% connection

insurance that provides protection from claims arising from injuries or damage to other people or property

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Long-suffering noun · 78% connection

Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.

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Longanimity noun · 78% connection

Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

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Meek superl. · 78% connection

Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.

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Opodeldoc noun · 78% connection

A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by Mindererus, -- used for external injuries.

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Penetration noun · 78% connection

the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"

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Present adjective · 78% connection

To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; a…

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Purgatory noun · 78% connection

A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death…

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Remissible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being remitted or forgiven.

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