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forgiveness

[fer-giv-nis] / fərˈgɪv nɪs /


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She also said that years after it happened, she became aware he had asked for Complainant B's forgiveness at a meeting in Armoy.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Upon leaving her house, where he knelt on the floor mutely asking for her forgiveness, he notices piles of leaves everywhere he looks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Berman recommends getting on an income-driven repayment program, which would put me in an affordable payment plan where the monthly payments would also count toward my loan forgiveness.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Shinsegae chairman Chung Yong-jin bowed in apology over the incident during the Tuesday news briefing and asked for forgiveness from bereaved families of the victims of the May 18 Democratic Uprising.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

In that moment, despite all that had happened, she finally did think of the unhappy Babushkinov family with something like forgiveness.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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