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What does forgive and forget mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word forgive and forget? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To absolve somebody completely for a past wrongdoing; to pardon with neither resentment nor a view to retribution.
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I hope those friends will have a space in their hearts to forgive and forget, for you have made us all proud.
Sometimes, of course, intolerance shows itself as inability to forgive and forget some particular wrong. The grudge-bearer cherishes his ill-will, fans the flame of memory, never permits himself to forget.
He needed to learn to let bygones be bygones, burry the hatchet, forgive and forget, and all those other euphemisms my mom was so fond of.
But the lovely piano music, calibrated for conversation, and a fine dry martini helped us forgive and forget.
He himself could remarkably easily forgive and forget.
The Liberals may think that Canadians will simply forgive and forget but they will be wrong.

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