English

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Etymology

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pre- +‎ forgiveness

Adjective

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preforgiveness (not comparable)

  1. Prior to forgiveness.
    • 2014, Robert J. Wicks, Elizabeth A. Maynard, Clinician's Guide to Self-Renewal:
      Phase One, the Uncovering Phase, is a preforgiveness phase that emphasizes the client developing awareness that there was in fact an injustice; that the offense caused pain, []

Noun

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preforgiveness (uncountable)

  1. Preemptive forgiveness; the act of forgiving a person for something they may do in the future.