Meaning of forgive in English
(Definition of forgive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
forgive | American Dictionary
forgive
verb [ T ]
us
/fərˈɡɪv, fɔr-/ past tense forgave us/fərˈɡeɪv, fɔr-/ | past participle forgiven us/fərˈɡɪv·ən, fɔr-/She apologized and he forgave her.
forgive | Business English
forgiveness
noun [ U ]
debt/loan forgiveness The legislation also includes special loan forgiveness for public servants such as teachers and firefighters.
Examples of forgive
forgive
The president himself preferred to placate the military by forgiving and forgetting the human rights tragedies that had beset his nation.
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One would be forgiven for thinking that during the war little was happening at the level of gold bullion.
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At first glance, these steps appear glaringly obvious and readers might be forgiven for wondering why a book needs to be written about them.
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I have forgiven the persons who once were not so nice to me.
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One could be forgiven for assuming that all the surgical controversies have now been settled.
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A few isolated mistakes in such a wide-ranging compilation could be forgiven, but the large number included simply appears slapdash.
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Their absence was usually forgiven because of their demanding schedules and research commitments.
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In fact, despite a brief period of tense relations, all was forgiven and forgotten.
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Advertising sexism is forgiven, but not forgotten : historical, cross-cultural and individual differences in criticism and purchase boycott intentions.
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Finally, the hardest of all pathways: both forgiving and forgetting.
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Even with the forgiving model, our method requires users to follow the stipulated abbreviation method fairly rigidly.
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Perhaps a literary critic might be forgiven for being less impressed with the "cross-correspondences" among a very large number of incoherent and cryptic texts.
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In the second step we sympathize with the wrongdoer as he receives the benefit of being forgiven.
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He sets up the contemporary situation as a terrifying picture of the superficial and grotesque in order that he might be forgiven for averting his eyes and 'resisting' engagement.
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In a world of masculine bonds, where other kinds of bond are considered worthless, the show of feeling towards women in this solemn hour cannot be forgiven.
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त्या व्यक्तीने केलेल्या एखाद्या गोष्टीबद्दल एखाद्याला दोष न देणे किंवा रागावणे थांबविणे किंवा एखाद्या गोष्टीसाठी त्यांना शिक्षा न करणे माफ करणे…
～を許す, 許（ゆる）す…
affetmek, bağışlamak…
pardonner…
perdonar…
vergeven, een oogje dichtknijpen voor…
அந்த நபர் செய்த ஏதோவொன்றிற்காக யாரையாவது குற்றம் சாட்டுவதையோ அல்லது கோபப்படுவதையோ நிறுத்துவது, அல்லது எதையாவது தண்டிக்கக்கூடாது…
(किसी को) माफ कर देना, क्षमा कर देना…
માફ કરવું…
tilgive, undskylde…
förlåta…
memaafkan…
vergeben, verzeihen…
tilgi, forlate…
معاف کرنا…
прощати…
прощать…
క్షమించు, ఒక వ్యక్తి చేసిన పనికి నిందించడం లేదా కోపంగా ఉండటం మానేయడం లేదా ఏదైనా చేసినందుకు వారిని శిక్షించకుండా ఉండడం…
يُسامِح…
ক্ষমা করা…
odpustit, prominout…
memaafkan…
ยกโทษให้, อภัยให้…
tha thứ, thứ lỗi…
wybaczać, przebaczyć, wybaczyć…
용서하다…
perdonare…
