as in amnesty
release from the guilt or penalty of an offense
they asked her forgiveness for failing to invite her to the party
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Recent Examples of forgiveness
The episode ends with Lydia praying for forgiveness.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
New York Representative Dan Goldman has authored a bill allowing volunteer firefighters and EMTs to obtain federal student loan forgiveness after meeting certain criteria.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Optional add-ons include roadside assistance, gap insurance, rental car coverage, accident forgiveness and rideshare insurance.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 12 May 2025
The attack on student loan forgiveness programs is three-pronged.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
New York Representative Dan Goldman has authored a bill allowing volunteer firefighters and EMTs to obtain federal student loan forgiveness after meeting certain criteria.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Optional add-ons include roadside assistance, gap insurance, rental car coverage, accident forgiveness and rideshare insurance.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 12 May 2025
The attack on student loan forgiveness programs is three-pronged.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for forgiveness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgiveness
Noun
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The proposal also calls for a pause in the final shift of state sales taxes on motor fuel purchases to the state’s road construction fund, as well as an amnesty program for delinquent taxpayers.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The Reagan era amnesty program, with its length-of-time requirements and insistence on records clean of even a driving ticket, seems to offer scant promise.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In fact, Trump views the Justice Department as a tool to uplift his political agenda, undoing the dedicated work of dozens of federal agents and prosecutors with his blanket pardon of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and punishing or firing personnel that had engaged in disfavored inquiries.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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This administration is leading us down a dark path and putting an indelible stain on every institution, badge and public official that no presidential pardon will or should ever wash away.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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“Forgiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgiveness. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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