Forgive

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To excuse for a fault or an offense; pardon.
  • v. To renounce anger or resentment against.
  • v. To absolve from payment of (a debt, for example).
  • verb-intransitive. To accord forgiveness.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.
  • v. To accord forgiveness.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
  • v. 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.
  • v. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give up; resign.
  • To give; grant.
  • To grant free pardon for or remission of, as a wrongful act or an obligation; give up all claims for or on account of: sometimes with the thing forgiven as direct objective (accusative), preceded by the person as indirect objective (dative): as, to forgive an injury; to forgive a person his debts.
  • To grant free pardon to; cease to blame or feel resentment against; restore to good will.
  • Synonyms To pass over, overlook.
  • Pardon, Forgive (see pardon); to excuse, let off.
  • To exercise forgiveness; be lenient or forgiving.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. absolve from payment
  • v. stop blaming or grant forgiveness
    • Verb Form
    forgave    forgiven    forgives    forgiving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    relieve    exempt    free   
    Variant
    forgave    forgiven   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    excuse    pardon    absolve   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Viv    give    liv    live    misgive    outlive    relive    sieve   
     
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