In restorative justice programs, forgiveness allows offenders to acknowledge harm and work toward repairing relationships with victims.
在恢复性司法项目中，宽恕使犯罪者能够承认伤害，并努力修复与受害者的关系。
Which choice best defines “forgiveness”?
B — The act of forgiving someone for a mistake or wrongdoing. “forgiveness” means the act of forgiving someone for a mistake or wrongdoing.
Which word means “the act of forgiving someone for a mistake or wrongdoing”?
B — forgiveness. “forgiveness” means the act of forgiving someone for a mistake or wrongdoing.
forgiveness — the act of forgiving someone for a mistake or wrongdoing. In Chinese: 宽恕，原谅.
forgiveness is pronounced /fərˈɡɪvnəs/.
In restorative justice programs, forgiveness allows offenders to acknowledge harm and work toward repairing relationships with victims. (在恢复性司法项目中，宽恕使犯罪者能够承认伤害，并努力修复与受害者的关系。)
pardon, absolution, clemency — all close in meaning to forgiveness (the act of forgiving someone for a mistake or wrongdoing).
resentment, retribution — each the opposite of forgiveness (the act of forgiving someone for a mistake or wrongdoing).
Yes. forgiveness is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.