FORGIVENESS

n. 1 pardon, reprieve, absolution, remission, acquittal, acquittance, amnesty, allowance, vindication, exculpation, exoneration, Archaic shrift Oh, Lord, I ask forgiveness for my sins 2 mercy, mercifulness, compassion, grace, leniency, clemency, indulgence, tolerance He begged her forgiveness for the way he had treated her