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forgive and forget

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forgive and forget
to accept and not think about what someone has done to you. If they can admit they were wrong, then they can surely forgive and forget.
See also: forget, forgive

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When Blanche quarrelled with Strickland she had only to leave him, and her husband was waiting humbly to forgive and forget.
He had in him a quality of being able to overlook moderate injuries, and being able to forgive and forget mortal ones as soon as he had soundly trounced the authors of them.
Friend Panza, let us forgive and forget as to our quarrels, and tell me now, dismissing anger and irritation, where, how, and when didst thou find Dulcinea?
 
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