forgiveness Copy link Outline 1. vĕnia2. expr. by verb • forgiveness: 1. vĕnia: v. indulgence, pardon. 2. expr. by verb: we beg f., ignosci nobis postulamus, Auct. Her.: (a crime) which can never find f., *cui nunquam ignosci poterit: "the condition of the Divine f. is that we forgive others," *hac lege nobis a Deo ignoscitur ut alteri ignoscamus: v. to forgive.