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shrive

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as in to forgive

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Recent Examples of shrive Shrove Tuesday derives from the Anglo-Saxon Christian practice of going to confession and being shriven, or absolved of sins before the 40-day fast leading up to Easter. — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023

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With the Great Wealth Transfer scheduled to get underway in the next few decades, younger generations could be forgiven for thinking a windfall might be coming their way.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Find the less desirable line, however, and the hole remains forgiving enough to leave a straightforward approach and an excellent chance to make par.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of forgive

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Hawley argued that Fauci lost his right to invoke the Fifth Amendment when he was pardoned by former President Joe Biden.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Before leaving office in 2025, former President Joe Biden had pardoned Fauci for any of his actions dating to 2014.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 July 2026

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In 2009, after years of strained relations between SSPX and the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI remitted the 1988 excommunications as a step toward healing the rift.

— Noah LaBelle, NPR, 2 July 2026
This can have weird consequences since there is often a lag between the time that the debtor's employer remits money to the sheriff's office and the sheriff's office lags in sending the money to the creditor.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

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