forgiveness

Example Sentences

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They fell on the ground and tearfully begged forgiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Fast forward to 2026, when the avenues to make affordable payments or obtain forgiveness have dried up.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

For years afterward, her loans haunted her, with loan servicers telling her that they didn’t qualify for public service loan forgiveness.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

He spent about 14 months in federal prison and later blamed the loan forgiveness on bad advice from lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

To a Karhider reading our canons, the crime of Judas lies not in his betrayal of Christ but in the act that, sealing despair, denies the chance of forgiveness, change, life: his suicide.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin