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forgiveness

[fer-giv-nis] / fərˈgɪv nɪs /


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This week, a chastened Summers found himself in different circumstances: standing in the well of a Harvard lecture hall, asking his students’ forgiveness as his professional life was unraveling.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I will carry this sorrow in my conscience," he wrote, asking the victims' mothers for forgiveness.

From Barron's

When Bash brought up some of these examples, Greene reiterated her past apologies and said a core part of her Christian faith is forgiveness.

From BBC

It can’t be vague tax credits or even student loan forgiveness.

From Los Angeles Times

“Mio Cristo” is a delicate and airy ballad about forgiveness sung in Italian, which puts her in an operatic frame of mind.

From The Wall Street Journal