"second chance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: second chances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second chance (plural second chances)
  1. An opportunity to redeem oneself after a previous error or failure. Translations (opportunity to redeem oneself): tweede kans [feminine] (Dutch), toinen mahdollisuus (Finnish), deuxième chance [feminine] (French), seconde chance [feminine] (French), zweite Chance [feminine] (German), druga szansa [feminine] (Polish), rijuta [feminine] (Sicilian), ammugghiata [feminine] (Sicilian)

Inflected forms

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