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288 entries under expression topic. ×
| bear no malice(idiom, forget, pardon, absolve) | |
| blink at(verb, take, clear, release) | |
| bury the hatchet(idiom, forget, pardon, absolve) | |
| fish story(noun, return, reason, argument) | |
| forgive and forget(verb, idiom, grant, pardon) | |
| go easy on(verb, idiom, drop, clear) | |
| grant forgiveness | |
| grant immunity(free, spare) | |
| kiss and make up(idiom, forget, pardon, absolve) | |
| lame excuse(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| let it go(idiom, forget, pardon, absolve) | |
| let out(drop, clear, remove, release) | |
| let pass(verb, take, clear, disregard) | |
| let up on(verb, idiom, drop, clear) | |
| make allowance(deliberate, forget, justify, vindicate) | |
| make allowances for(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, forgive) | |
| ostensible motive(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| privilege from(verb, remove, release, free) | |
| reason why(noun, reason, spur, lure) | |
| save the necessity(idiom, exemption) |
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