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- pronunciation:
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verb |
| inflections: |
forgives, forgiving, forgave, forgiven |
| definition 1: |
If someone does something that makes you angry, you might stay angry or you might forgive them. When you forgive someone, you tell that person that you don't have angry feelings anymore. You tell them that it is OK.
When Will's little sister lost his favorite hat, he was angry at first, but he eventually forgave her.I was so worried my mother would be mad at me for breaking a plate, but she forgave me right away.- antonyms:
- resent
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| definition 2: |
If someone does something bad and you forgive them, you decide in your mind that you are not angry anymore, or your bad feelings just go away naturally. You excuse them for what they did.
Years after Ryan apologized, Leah still could not forgive him for what he did.- synonyms:
- excuse
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| related words: |
excuse |
| derivations: |
forgivable (adj.), forgiver (n.) |
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