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1. (v.t.) forgive
to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, sin, etc.); absolve.
2. forgive
to cancel or remit (a debt, obligation, etc.).
3. forgive
to grant pardon to (a person).
4. forgive
to cease to feel resentment against:
to forgive one's enemies.
5. (v.i.) forgive
to pardon an offense or an offender.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE forgiefan)
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| Definition of 'forgive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) forgive
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
"I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
2. (verb) forgive
absolve from payment
"I forgive you your debt"
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1. (verb) forgive
to not be angry with sb for doing sth bad
He never forgave her for seeing another man.
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| Definition of 'forgive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) forgive
to give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign
2. (verb) forgive
to give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven
3. (verb) forgive
to cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending
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Sense: to stop being angry with (someone who has done something wrong)
He forgave her for stealing his watch.
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 Afrikaans: vergeef |
 Arabic: يَصْفَح عن، يُسامِح |
 Bulgarian: прощавам на някой |
 Brazilian: perdoar |
 Czech: odpustit |
 German: vergeben |
 Danish: tilgive; undskylde |
 Greek: συγχωρώ |
 Spanish: perdonar |
 Estonian: (kellelegi) andeks andma |
 Farsi: بخشیدن |
 Finnish: antaa anteeksi |
 French: pardonner |
 Hebrew: לִסלוֹחַ ל- |
 Hindi: क्षमा करना |
 Croatian: oprostiti |
 Hungarian: megbocsát |
 Indonesian: memaafkan |
 Icelandic: fyrirgefa, afsaka |
 Italian: perdonare |
 Japanese: 許す |
 Korean: (사람을) 용서하다 |
 Lithuanian: atleisti |
 Latvian: piedot |
 Malay: memaafkan |
 Dutch: vergeven |
 Norwegian: tilgi, forlate |
 Polish: przebaczyć |
 Persian: بخشیدن |
 Pashto: بخښل |
 Portuguese: perdoar |
 Romanian: a ierta |
 Russian: прощать |
 Slovak: odpustiť |
 Slovenian: odpustiti |
 Serbian: oprostiti |
 Swedish: förlåta |
 Thai: ยกโทษให้ |
 Turkish: affetmek, bağışlamak |
 Taiwanese: 原諒，寬恕（某人） |
 Ukrainian: прощати |
 Urdu: معاف کر دینا |
 Vietnamese: tha thứ |
 Chinese: 原谅，宽恕（某人） |
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