5
forefathers(noun, paternity)
3
tolerates(verb, forgives)
2
abstains
2
ancestors
2
avoids
2
bears
2
desists
2
eschews
2
forebears
2
refrains
2
relents(noun, verb, forgives)
2
sire
1
absolves(verb, forgives)
1
acquits(verb, forgives)
1
ancestry
1
antecedents
1
ascendants
1
ascendent
1
birth
1
ceases
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