Dictionary Entry
forgive
forgive is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
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.
- 4verb
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
"I forgave him his infidelity"
"She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
- 5verb
absolve from payment
"I forgive you your debt"
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