Forgive

Verb

 * 1)  To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.
 * Only the brave know how to forgive...A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. - Laurence Sterne
 * 1)  To accord forgiveness.

Adverbs for Forgive
graciously; magnanimously;  indulgently; meekly; heartily; mutually; patiently; solemnly: cordially; spiritually.

Synonyms for Forgive
except, excuse, acquit, absolve, remit, pardon, exempt, cancel, spare, clear, overlook, release, free, exonerate, exculpate.

Antonyms for Forgive
blame, impeach, arraign, charge, accuse, indict, retain, withhold, censure, discredit, retaliate, punish.

Thesaurus
abolish, absolve, acquit, allow, amnesty, cancel, clear, condone, consign to oblivion, decontaminate, delete, destigmatize, discharge, dismiss, dispense from, disregard, erase, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, forbear, forgive and forget, free, give absolution, give quarter, grant amnesty to, grant forgiveness, grant immunity, grant remission, have mercy upon, have pity, ignore, indulge, justify, let go, let off, let up on, make allowances for, melt, nonpros, nullify, obliterate, overlook, pardon, pass over, purge, quash the charge, relax, release, relent, remit, reprieve, set free, shrive, spare, take pity on, thaw, vindicate, void, waive, whitewash, withdraw the charge

Etymology
forgiven: from forgiefan:, corresponding to. Cognate with vergeven:,  vergeben:.

Translations

 * Arabic: سامح
 * Catalan: perdonar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chinese Characters: 諒, 谅
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pardoni
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: vergeben (1,2)
 * Hungarian: megbocsát
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: لێخۆشبوون
 * Latin:, , , ,
 * Macedonian: простува, опростува,  проштава
 * Norwegian: tilgi,
 * Old English: ālǣtan, forġiefan
 * Old Provençal:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
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 * Turkish: ,