preforgiveness

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ forgiveness.

Adjective

preforgiveness (not comparable)

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

     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, […]

Noun

preforgiveness (uncountable)

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