Forgiving - Law Dictionary Search Results
Forgiver
One who forgives
Forgiving
Matched in: Term Forgiving
Forgivable
Capable of being forgiven pardonable venial
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Forgive
To give wholly to make over without reservation to resign
Remissive
Remitting forgiving abating
Clemency
Disposition to forgive and spare as offenders mildness of temper gentleness tenderness mercy
Pardon
Pardon, forgiveness of a crime; remission of punis-hment. The pardoning of criminals is the peculiar preroga-tive of the sovereign. See
Forgave
imp of Forgive
Condonation
Condonation, a pardoning or remission. In cases of adultery it is forgiveness, legally releasing the injury, by virtue of Judicature Act, 1925, s. 178, replacing the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act,
Amnesty
to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offence; act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted, e.g. the 1986
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