## Etymology
From forgive (Old English forgiefan 'to give up, remit, pardon', from for- 'completely' plus giefan 'to give') plus the abstract suffix -ness; a calque on Latin perdonare. It denotes pardoning an offense.

## AI Etymology
Forgiveness comes from forgive (Old English forgiefan 'to give up, remit, pardon', from for- 'completely' plus giefan 'to give') plus the abstract suffix -ness; a calque on Latin perdonare. It denotes pardoning an offense. The etymological trail includes Old English forgiefan and Old English giefan. As a noun, forgiveness names the act of pardoning an offense or ceasing to feel resentment. The same family is visible in related forms such as forgive, forgiving, and give. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

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