forgiveness
/fɚˈɡɪvnəs/ nom B2En français : pardon
- The action of forgiving. · He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.
- A readiness to forgive.
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Dans la bibliothèque
Since the day by the pond when she had refused to listen to his plea for forgiveness, Gilbert, save for the aforesaid determined rivalry, had evinced no recognition whatever of the existence of Anne Shirley.
“My object _then_,” replied Darcy, “was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as to resent the past; and I hoped to obtain your forgiveness, to lessen your ill opinion, by letting you see that your reproofs had been attended to.
“Sire,” said Villefort, “I will render a faithful report to your majesty, but I must entreat your forgiveness if my anxiety leads to some obscurity in my language.” A glance at the king after this discreet and subtle exordium, assured Villefort of the benignity of his august auditor, and he went on:
Why, then, is it so monumentally difficult to simply admit fault and ask for forgiveness?
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