forgiven

past participle of forgive

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Recent Examples of forgiven You’d be forgiven for estimating that about half of those have come in games against Philadelphia. Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024 According to church teaching, Catholics who confess their sins are forgiven and therefore released from the eternal or spiritual punishment of damnation. Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024 Established in 2007, the program enables public servants to have their federal student loans forgiven after making payments for 10 years. Michael D. Carroll and Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 Also, jail doesn’t mean that the taxes are forgiven. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024 One of the plans would have forgiven up to $20,000 of unpaid interest for more than 20 million borrowers, the White House said in April. Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024 Biden has forgiven more student debt than any other president. Annie Nova, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024 While the story ran after Thompson’s killing, the family featured in it saw its lien removed and debt forgiven in November. Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024 The Education Department did not say whether eligible borrowers would be notified about their debt relief, though the agency previously noted borrowers whose loans were forgiven did not need to take additional steps to receive their relief. Ty Roush, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgiven
Verb
  • Instead of complying, the victim ignored the gun, refused to unlock the door and drove away, the sheriff’s office said.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Accusations of such crimes are often ignored, punished lightly or dismissed.
    Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Recently, Holland explained why the couple rarely walk red carpets together.
    People.com, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The 2025 Golden Globes, explained The five-time Grammy-winning singer ended his final tour last summer.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Officer Pino cleared in shooting The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, in reviews that are standard following any fatal police shooting, found the shooting justified.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This belief justified, in their eyes, the use of indiscriminate violence against the Muslim minority—presaging, in Wagner’s view, the abuses of the post-9/11 era.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Forgiven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgiven. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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