to forgive

Examples

• All

• Should you forgive people who harm you?

• Give yourself permission to forgive yourself and put those burdens down.

• Have you ever been able to forgive them?

  Of Things Past (2023)

• How am I supposed to forgive the man who took my wife from me?

  Joey & Rex Save the Church (2022)

• Can you ever forgive me?

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• And I said, God, please forgive me, I'm in pain.

  Shawn Ryan Show

• And I'm really sorry, and I hope you forgive me.

  Theater Camp (2023)

• The question is, how on earth can you forgive yourself, Benedict?

  Variety

• Will you forgive me?

  Jack Be Nimble (1993)

• It's important to forgive those who have wronged you in order to find peace.

Synonyms

E

to excuse

vsto forgive

384 2.2

Forgive a fault or bad behaviour

stop feeling angry or resentful rather than just overlooking the act

P

to pardon

vsto forgive

211 3.0

To forgive someone for a small mistake or rude act

stop feeling angry or resentful and let go of blame

L

to let bygones be bygones

vsto forgive

10 5.3

Forgive past fights so they do not affect the present

stop feeling angry toward someone in general, not only about past matters

Antonyms

P

to punish

821 1.0

Make someone suffer for doing something wrong

R

to resent

248 4.1

To feel angry and upset about something unfair

Idioms

F

to forgive and forget

• Informal

12 3.5

To stop feeling angry about a past event and be friendly again

F

forgive but don't forget

• Informal

6.5

To stop being angry with someone but keep remembering what they did to avoid being hurt again

How Forgiving

to absolve

• Formal

50 7.2

to pardon

• Formal

92 3.9

to forgive

∞ 1.4

to excuse

384 2.2

to condone

79 6.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology