forgive
Meaning of forgive
verb
- stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence, flaw, or mistake.
I'll never forgive David for the way he treated her
Old English forgiefan, of Germanic origin, related to Dutch vergeven and German vergeben, and ultimately to for- and give.
Information about forgive
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of forgive
for-give
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- forgive is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
forgive synonyms
Meaning forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence):
Meaning seek to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offence); try to justify:
Meaning (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing:
Meaning declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment:
Meaning free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty:
Meaning grant an official pardon to:
Meaning show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing:
forgive antonyms
Meaning feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong:
Meaning declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offence by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law:
Meaning feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person):
Translation of forgive
- Spanish: perdonar, disculpar
- French: pardonner, excuser
- Italian: perdonare
- Portuguese: escusar
- German: vergeben, verzeihen
Words that rhyme with forgive
give, regive, revengive, ungive, ogive, upgive, Argive, argive, misforgive, overgive, preforgive, reforgive, misgive, outgive, lawgive
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