forgivingness
- a word derived from forgiving.
Example Sentences
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The wealth of His Being pours itself out in the exquisite tendernesses, the unwearied forbearance and forgivingness of His compassion towards men.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
Stung by your forgivingness so great Shall I forgive you then?—
From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John
Mrs. Burns is said to have been a marvel of long-suffering and forgivingness; but the way she bore those wrongs must have touched her husband's better nature, and pierced him to the quick.
From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell
At the end of the drama Valentine displays the gentle forgivingness of disposition which we have already had reason to regard as one of Shakespeare's most marked characteristics.
From The Man Shakespeare by Harris, Frank
The union of man with God is not secured by making God abstract and vague, nor is his infinite kindness and forgivingness purchased at the expense of his intensity and awfulness.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan
