forgive

Verb

Meaning

To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

release clear spare forget pardon excuse disregard remit condone acquit absolve let go amnesty free allow
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Antonyms

attack chastise chasten charge ice sentence
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Hypernyms

free yield grant relieve exempt concede

Hyponyms

free pardon excuse remit condone absolve

Phrases with the word

to forgive forgive for just forgive forgive but don't forget to err is human, to forgive divine please forgive me

Derivatives

forgave forgiven forgiving

Examples

To forgive does not mean to forget; to forgive means, with compassion and pain in the soul, to say: when the Last Judgment comes, I will stand up and say: do not judge him, Lord. Anthony of Sourozh

Everyone shouts – you must learn to forgive. But no one even thinks that you must learn not to offend and not to cause pain! Source: Internet

It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend. William Blake

If you forgive the fox for stealing your chickens, he will take your sheep. Georgian Proverb

To err is human, to forgive divine. English Proverb

He that does you a very ill turn will never forgive you. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

forgivable forgivableness forgivably forgive and forget forgive but don't forget forgive for