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forgive
[fer-giv]
verb (used with object)
to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
to give up all claim on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.).
to grant pardon to (a person).
to cease to feel resentment against.
to forgive one's enemies.
to cancel an indebtedness or liability of.
to forgive the interest owed on a loan.
verb (used without object)
to pardon an offense or an offender.
forgive
/ fəˈɡɪv /
verb
to cease to blame or hold resentment against (someone or something)
to grant pardon for (a mistake, wrongdoing, etc)
(tr) to free or pardon (someone) from penalty
(tr) to free from the obligation of (a debt, payment, etc)
Other Word Forms
- forgiver noun
- forgivably adverb
- forgivable adjective
- half-forgiven adjective
- preforgive verb (used with object)
- unforgivable adjective
- unforgivableness noun
- unforgivably adverb
- unforgiven adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of forgive1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Over the past eight days you would have been forgiven for thinking all English Ashes hopes were lost.
Sometimes they disagree with me on politics but we’re kind of old friends, we came up together, and they forgive me.
But, you'd be forgiven for having forgotten what Eleven and her bike-peddling pals were up to when we were last in their troubled neighbourhood.
However, the much-travelled Marseille forward was not so forgiving after the break, as Newcastle paid a heavy price for a sloppy kick-off.
She said it was "exciting to be a part" of it and that her American friends would "never forgive me if I didn't come down".
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