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forgiveness

[fer-giv-nis] / fərˈgɪv nɪs /


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In a statement issued late Monday, Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic which helps promote the event, urged West's critics to show him "some forgiveness".

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

The managing director of Wireless Festival has defended the decision to choose Kanye West as a headliner, encouraging people to offer the rapper "forgiveness".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

In a matter of weeks, she received forgiveness, a development Boyer calls “a godsend.”

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

In that moment, despite all that had happened, she finally did think of the unhappy Babushkinov family with something like forgiveness.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood