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anteeksianto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • forbearance noun An arrangement in which a lender agrees to pause or reduce a borrower's payments for a set period instead of treating the loan as in default.
  • forgiveness noun The act of no longer being angry at someone for a wrong they did.
  • pardon noun Forgiveness for an offence.
  • remission noun A period during which a serious illness lessens or its symptoms disappear.

Senses

anteeksianto is used for these senses in English:

  • forbearance A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
  • forgiveness The action of forgiving.
  • pardon Forgiveness for an offence.
  • remission A pardon of a sin; (chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.

forbearance — full definition

  1. noun An arrangement in which a lender agrees to pause or reduce a borrower's payments for a set period instead of treating the loan as in default.
  2. noun Patient self-control shown by not reacting, retaliating or enforcing a right you could enforce.

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