Almost every public statement in recent days has included a plea for forgiveness.

But even in his plea for forgiveness, the truth was elusive.

What many observers, including leaders in both parties, expected was an apology and a plea for forgiveness.

And perhaps it would serve as a plea for forgiveness as well.

The young man did not answer; instead, he broke into tears, sobbing his plea for forgiveness.

Two pleas for forgiveness in as many minutes.

In 2012, de Kock made several pleas for forgiveness to the relatives of his victims.

This isn't a plea for forgiveness for policy," she pauses.

"We have heard their plea for forgiveness."

A pathetic death-bed type plea for forgiveness is certainly a legitimate part of most religions.

As he stammered out pleas for forgiveness, it was clear there was nothing further to be learned from him.

Its plea for forgiveness is the very opposite of an appeal for box-office dollars, though.

His pleas for forgiveness toward the Serbs drew a predictably chilly reception.

Atonement is more than repentance and a plea for forgiveness; it also implies accountability.

I whispered a hoarse, futile plea for forgiveness, remembering.

I said that they had then changed their rebellious cries into howls of guilty fear and pleas for forgiveness.

The fine pinpoints of her grey pupils were alight with a plea for forgiveness and understanding.

It sounded like a plea for forgiveness.

Its lyrics are a plea for forgiveness for inadvertently hurting a former lover.

Nicole also ends her friendship with Margo, despite her pleas for forgiveness.

Instinctively, Maytera Marble reached out to her son, a plea for forgiveness and understanding.

His 12-minute speech, which replaced an address traditionally given by the Defense Minister, was also a plea for forgiveness of past mistakes and consolidation.

The lyrics reflect remorse for his behavior, as well as pleas for forgiveness.

Others plea for forgiveness.

And Flora Hawkes could only sob a broken plea for forgiveness for the wrong she had done him.