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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forgive \For*give"\, v. t. [imp. {Forgave}; p. p. {Forgiven}; p.
pr & vb n. {Forgiving}] [OE. forgiven, foryiven, foryeven
AS forgiefan forgifan perh. for- + giefan gifan to give
cf D. vergeven G. vergeben Icel. fyrirgefa Sw f?rgifva,
Goth. fragiban to give grant. See {For-}, and {Give}, v. t.]
1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to
resign.
To them that list the world's gay shows I leave And
to great ones such folly do forgive. --Spenser.
2. 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.
And their sins should be forgiven them --Mark iv
12.
He forgive injures so readily that he might be said
to invite them --Macaulay.
3. 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.
Father, forgive them for they know not what they
do --Luke xxiii.
34.
I as free forgive you as I would be fforgiven.
--Shak.
Note: Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as
objects of the verb sometimes one and sometimes the
other being the indirect object. ``Forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors.'' --Matt. vi 12. ``Be of
good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.'' --Matt. ix 2.
Syn: See {excuse}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
forgive
v 1: stop blaming or grant forgiveness
2: absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt"
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