Definition of forgive

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Forgive (v. t.) 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..

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Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife..
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic..
Forgivable :: Forgivable (a.) Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial.
Forgiver :: Forgiver (n.) One who forgives.
Purgatory :: Purgatory (n.) A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven..
Forgave :: Forgave () imp. of Forgive.
Excuser :: Excuser (n.) One who excuses or forgives another.
Forgiven :: Forgiven (p. p.) of Forgiv.
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The state of being forgiven.
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense..
Kiss :: Kiss (v. t.) To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc..
Forgive :: Forgive (v. t.) To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
Forgiving :: Forgiving (a.) Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper..
Forgive :: Forgive (v. t.) 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.
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven..
Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to forgive.
Relentless :: Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism..
Inexcusableness :: Inexcusableness (n.) The quality of being inexcusable; enormity forgiveness.
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