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Definition of Forgive
1. Verb. Stop blaming or grant forgiveness. "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
Specialized synonyms: Condone, Excuse, Absolve, Free, Justify, Absolve, Shrive, Remit, Pardon, Excuse, Pardon
Derivative terms: Forgiver
2. Verb. Absolve from payment. "I forgive you your debt"
Definition of Forgive
1. v. t. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
Definition of Forgive
1. Verb. (transitive) To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To accord forgiveness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forgive
1. to pardon [v -GAVE, -GIVEN, -GIVING, -GIVES] - See also: pardon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgive
Literary usage of Forgive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... and saith it in words; " forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; for
if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive ..."
2. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1873)
"forgive that you may forget. ' is that bad and good arc inextricably linked in
remem- ... The old proverb does not tell you to forget that you may forgive, ..."
3. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1882)
"... I could least bear—but I will not stay to rob myself of all your compassionate
good-will, by showing that where I have most injured I can least forgive. ..."
4. British Reformers by John Foxe, Miles Coverdale, John Bale (1842)
"But among all other promises, this promise is specially to be remembered where
Christ promises thus: If ye will forgive men their trespasses, ..."
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