forgive
/fɚˈɡɪv/ verb B1- To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against. · Please forgive me if my phone goes off - I'm expecting an urgent call from my boss.· Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
- To pardon (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
- To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of. · Forgive a debt, that is, tell a debtor that a repayment of a loan is no longer needed.
- To accord forgiveness.
- To look past; to look beyond. · The music critic loves the instrumentation of the song so much that he can forgive the confusing lyrics.
- To redeem; to offset the bad effects of something.
He/she/it forgives · Past forgave · Past participle forgiven · -ing form forgiving
Verb forms
- Base form
- forgive
- He/she/it
- forgives
- Past
- forgave
- Past participle
- forgiven
- -ing form
- forgiving
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
Lynde, please, please, forgive me.
Please say you forgive me, Mrs.
Even Dorothy had hope that “The Great and Terrible Humbug,” as she called him, would find a way to send her back to Kansas, and if he did she was willing to forgive him everything.
“I forgive you.
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