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forgive
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To err is human, (to forgive, divine). (formal)
something that you say which means it is natural to make mistakes and it is important to forgive people when they do. You'd think he could find it in his heart to forgive her. To err is human and all that.
See also: err
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
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The land of the longest prisoners is a land of great forgivers.
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We are confronted daily, in our own lives, with anti-models as well as models of forgivers.
Forgiveness, education, public policy: the road not yet taken by Rodden, John / Modern Age
Readers also find inspiration to be better forgivers from the Lord's Prayer, working in divorce and prison ministry, Jesus' words to Peter to forgive "70 times seven," and the examples of spiritual greats such as Henri Nouwen, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, and Pope John Paul II.
Who's sorry now: most Catholics take Jesus' teaching to forgive "70 ... by Schlumpf, Heidi / U.S. Catholic
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