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
My private position is that a sprinkling of gratitude and forgiveness in the cosmos of entrepreneurship and deal-making actually improves your negotiating skills and the outcomes.
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Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
President Trump has repeatedly blasted former President Biden for his leniency on student loans, making clear that the days of potential loan forgiveness are over.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
But the path to forgiveness is full of unexpected twists and turns, and true absolution may cost Dream everything.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
Buddhism, the country’s dominant religion, offers rituals for healing, reincarnation and forgiveness.
—Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
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Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2025
President Trump has repeatedly blasted former President Biden for his leniency on student loans, making clear that the days of potential loan forgiveness are over.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
But the path to forgiveness is full of unexpected twists and turns, and true absolution may cost Dream everything.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
Buddhism, the country’s dominant religion, offers rituals for healing, reincarnation and forgiveness.
—Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgiveness
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The men who abducted Paiva were indicted by federal prosecutors in 2014—but they have been protected by an amnesty law, passed as the regime was coming to an end, which has effectively kept the country from reckoning with the savagery of military rule.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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This month, though, Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced an amnesty program wherein all of those penalties have been waived.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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In his first term, Trump did not issue a pardon until August 2017, about half a year after taking office.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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Like the more than a hundred political prisoners released under the Vatican deal, Ferrer and Navarro were not given a pardon or amnesty but were released on conditional parole.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Forgiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgiveness. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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