unforgiveness
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- noun
- /ˌʌnfərˈɡɪv.nəs/
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falta de perdón
- You cannot have peace until you let go of thoughts of revenge, hatred, malice, unforgiveness—all negative thoughts and emotions.
You can't sip the poison of unforgiveness and expect them to die.
- You can't sip the poison of unforgiveness and expect them to die.
- But the point is she may see holding on to unforgiveness as a way to keep herself in check.
- Because I felt lighter and I didn't realize in that space or time how much unforgiveness I was holding onto.
Examples
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People will sit with unforgiveness in their heart for years, years, and years.
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And that let Ray know that he was holding unforgiveness against his father.
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But the point is she may see holding on to unforgiveness as a way to keep herself in check.
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Most of my own sense of "unforgiveness" has to do with childhood episodes.
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Forgive because unforgiveness will block your access to God's throne of grace.
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I never thought of unforgiveness as being prideful.
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It's not something we can understand in our minds because our minds are too often influenced by our unforgiveness.
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I think that there's so much unforgiveness just just in humanity right now.
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The main cause is unforgiveness and serious murderous grudges.
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Holding onto unforgiveness can prevent you from moving forward in life.
Synonyms
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4.2
A long, strong feeling of anger toward someone who treated you unfairly
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A strong feeling of anger and hurt toward someone
A long feeling of anger that stops you from forgiving someone
Not showing kindness or forgiveness to others
Harshness that does not allow mistakes or weakness
Antonyms
How Forgiving
Surface Forms
Morphology
unforgiveness = forgiveness (transparent) = un + forgive + ness
A straightforward negation of the noun 'forgiveness' by the productive prefix 'un-', yielding 'the state of not forgiving'.
Etymology
Unforgiveness starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest is forgive, which is like give and means 'to let go of a wrong'. So unforgiveness is like 'not letting go', holding on to hurt or anger.