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(fər-gĭv', fôr-) pronunciation

v., -gave (-gāv'), -giv·en (-gĭv'ən), -giv·ing, -gives.

v.tr.

To excuse for a fault or an offense; pardon.
To renounce anger or resentment against.
To absolve from payment of (a debt, for example).

v.intr.
To accord forgiveness.

[Middle English forgiven, from Old English forgiefan.]

forgivable for·giv'a·ble adj.
forgivably for·giv'a·bly adv.
forgiver for·giv'er n.

SYNONYMS forgive, pardon, excuse, condone. These verbs mean to refrain from imposing punishment on an offender or demanding satisfaction for an offense. The first three can be used as conventional ways of offering apology. More strictly, to forgive is to grant pardon without harboring resentment: "Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them" (Oscar Wilde). Pardon more strongly implies release from the liability for or penalty entailed by an offense: After the revolution all political prisoners were pardoned. To excuse is to pass over a mistake or fault without demanding punishment or redress: "There are some acts of injustice which no national interest can excuse" (J.A. Froude). To condone is to overlook an offense, usually a serious one, and often suggests tacit forgiveness: Failure to protest the policy may imply a willingness to condone it.

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has a derivative form forgivable, without an e in the middle.

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verb

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Definition: stop blame and grant pardon
Antonyms: accuse, blame, censure, charge, condemn, punish

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IN BRIEF: To cease to feel resentment against; to give up a claim on account of; to grant remission of an offsnes; to pardon.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

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sign description: The tips of the fingers of the bent hand brush along the palm of the opposite hand.

Rhymes:

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tilgive, eftergive, forlade
v. intr. - give tilgivelse

idioms:

be forgiven for blive tilgivet for

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergeven, verschonen, kwijtschelden

Français (French)
v. tr. - pardonner à, annuler (une dette), s'excuser de
v. intr. - se pardonner

idioms:

be forgiven for être pardonné pour

Deutsch (German)
v. - vergeben, verzeihen

idioms:

be forgiven for vergeben werden, verziehen werden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συγχωρώ, δίνω άφεση

idioms:

be forgiven for δεν έχω άδικο να

Italiano (Italian)
perdonare

idioms:

be forgiven for essere perdonato per

Português (Portuguese)
v. - perdoar

idioms:

be forgiven for ser desculpado por

Русский (Russian)
прощать

idioms:

be forgiven for получить прощение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - perdonar, absolver, excusar
v. intr. - perdonar, absolver, excusar

idioms:

be forgiven for ser perdonado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förlåta, efterskänka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
原谅, 免除, 宽恕, 表示原谅, 给予宽恕

idioms:

be forgiven for 被原谅

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 原諒, 免除, 寬恕
v. intr. - 表示原諒, 給予寬恕

idioms:

be forgiven for 被原諒

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 용서하다, 면제하다
v. intr. - 허용하다, 용서하다

idioms:

be forgiven for 용서 받다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 許す, 勘弁する, 免除する, …に…を免除する, 許してやる

idioms:

be forgiven for ～したことを許す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغفر , يصفح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סלח, ויתר על חוב‬
v. intr. - ‮סלח‬

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