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preforgiveness

preforgiveness adjective: prior to forgiveness.

Adjective

preforgiveness (not comparable)

  1. Prior to forgiveness.
    • 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, […]2014, Robert J. Wicks, Elizabeth A. Maynard, Clinician's Guide to Self-Renewal

Noun

preforgiveness (uncountable)

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

Origin of preforgiveness

From pre- + forgiveness.

Questions about preforgiveness

What does preforgiveness mean?
Preforgiveness means prior to forgiveness.
What part of speech is preforgiveness?
Preforgiveness can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near preforgiveness in the dictionary

  1. prefollicles
  2. prefollicular
  3. preforcing
  4. preforeclosure
  5. preforeclosures
  6. preforgiveness
  7. prefork
  8. preforked
  9. preforking
  10. preforks
  11. preform

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