forgiveness (n.)
- absentmindedness
- absolution
- acquittal
- acquittance
- allowance
- amnesty
- benevolence
- clearance
- clearing
- clemency
- commiseration
- compassion
- condolence
- discharge
- dismissal
- exculpation
- excuse
- exoneration
- favor
- feeling
- forbearance
- forgetfulness
- grace
- heedlessness
- humanity
- indulgence
- kindness
- leniency
- mercifulness
- mercy
- mitigation
- nirvana
- obliteration
- oblivion
- obliviousness
- pardon
- pathos
- pity
- purgation
- purging
- quarter
- quietus
- quittance
- release
- relief
- remission
- reprieve
- ruth
- self-pity
- shrift
- sympathy
- tolerance
- unmindfulness
- vindication
God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth.
Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcaeus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge."
Forgiveness to the injured does belong;
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
