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单词 forgive
释义
forgive
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v

If you forgive someone, you stop blaming him. You should really forgive your kid sister for eating the rest of the cake.
Forgive comes from the Old English forgiefan, which also means "forgive," just with cooler spelling. When you forgive someone or something, that's the end of the story. Eventually, you will have to either forgive your friend for stealing your boyfriend, or stop being her friend. Loans can also be forgiven. If your credit card company forgives your debt, that means you no longer have to pay it.
WORD FAMILY
forgive: forgave, forgivable, forgiven, forgiver, forgives, forgiving+/forgivable: forgivably, unforgivable/forgiven: forgiveness/forgiveness: forgivenesses/forgiver: forgivers/forgiving: forgivingest, forgivingly, forgivingness, unforgiving/unforgivable: unforgivablest, unforgivably/unforgiving: unforgivingly
USAGE EXAMPLES
Tell him you were upset your children were prevented from meeting their cousin and ask him to forgive you for your pettiness.
Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016)
“It’s about how we sometimes forgive the lunatic behaviour of artists and call it “eccentricity”.
The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)
As news spread, more people started calling him a sellout for forgiving McGraw.
Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016)
1v stop blaming or grant forgiveness
I forgave him his infidelity
She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday
Hypo|Hyper
condone, excuse
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
absolve, free, justify
let off the hook
absolve, shrive
grant remission of a sin to
remit
forgive
pardon
grant a pardon to
excuse, pardon
accept an excuse for
excuse, exempt, let off, relieve
grant exemption or release to
wash one's hands
to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame
amnesty
grant a pardon to (a group of people)
concede, grant, yield
be willing to concede
2v absolve from payment
I forgive you your debt
Hyper
exempt, free, relieve
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
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