See Also: forgive(dictionary)

forgive (iou)



forgive verb. .

verb trans. Give, grant. OE-L15.
verb trans. Pardon (an offence); cease to resent or claim requital for; remit (a debt). (Foll. by indirect obj. or to a person.) OE.
T. Moore Clonmell never forgave this to Grattan. Time A scheme that would forgive all debt.
verb intrans. Pardon an offence or an offender; give up resentment against a person etc. OE.
Pope To err is human, to forgive, divine.
verb trans. Give up resentment against, pardon, (an offender) (foll. by for); (now rare) give up one's claim against (a debtor). ME.
Arnold Bennett He had forgiven his father for having thwarted his supreme ambition.
verb trans. Give up (resentment, anger); give up one's resolve to do. ME-M16.
verb trans. Make excuse or apology for, regard indulgently. M17.
J. Higgins Forgive me for asking, Father, but are you American or Irish?
forgiver noun ME.
forgiving ppl adjective that forgives; inclined to forgive; indicating forgiveness: L17.
forgivingly adverb M17.
forgivingness noun M18.