Shak.
Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as objects of the
verb, sometimes one and sometimes the other being the indirect object.
"Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." Matt. vi. 12. "Be of
good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." Matt. ix. 2.
Syn. -- See excuse.
For*give"ness, n. [AS. forgifnes.] 1. The act of forgiving; the state
of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses.
Dan. ix. 9.
In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin.
Eph. i. 7.