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There is also a program for public-service employees like teachers that forgives any remaining balance after 10 years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

The victim, who was not named, is still recovering and learning to trust but forgives the family in an act of faith, the statement said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024

There's something magnanimous about the way Bon forgives his friend without condition, or because he knows that what they've gone through forces people to say things and think things when they know better.

From Salon • May 27, 2024

In Bishop Emmanuel's four-minute clip, released by the church on social media on Thursday, he says he forgives "whoever has done this act".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

Madame Gardinier in La Rabi- nais wants her son to know that she forgives him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr