for·give·ness
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for·give·ness ˌfərˈɡivnəs/ noun: the action or process of forgiving or being forgiven. When I was little I was always getting into mischief. Whether it was eating candy without permission or setting a fire in the middle of downtown with my cousin trying to keep dirty magazines away from other kids. Yeah, that's a true story. Anyway, I'd get my mother all upset and then I'd have to do all that was in my power to make it up to her. I'd cry, beg, and promise never to do it again. Sometimes it worked, other times, well we just got over it. As a teenager I teetered between being too scared of doing something stupid, to getting caught shoplifting at the Campus Center at UMASS. That really sucked and it went on my school record! Don't do it kids, it's not worth it! Anyway... Again I had to cry, beg, write an apology essay, and plead to be forgiven. I was an extremely lucky girl because asking...