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a word that exists almost solely to forgive itself in its own proverb.
twin spellingAlso spelled bygones, almost always living in plural
the proverbLet bygones be bygones dates to the 1500s
old rootsLiterally just by plus gone, meaning passed by
rare singularFew ever say one bygone, only the pair
era markerOften paired with era to bury whole decades