From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] Alteration (due to [en]) of [en], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en],
equivalent to [en] (etymologically _for-_ + [en]). Cognate with [sco], [sco],
[sco], [fy], [nl], [de], [is], [yi]
*** Pronunciation
- [fər-gĭv', fôr-gĭv'] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[forgives]
1. [en] To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
2. [en] To pardon (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
3. * [part=prologue]
4. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2021-04-27 | author=Zachary Schrag | title=The Princeton Guide to Historical Research | publisher=Princeton University Press | isbn=9780691215488 | page=30
|text=... to FORGIVE their crimes.}}
1. [en] To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
2. * [en]
3. [en] To accord forgiveness .
4. * A. 1768 , [Laurence Sterne] , _Joseph's History considered; - Forgiveness of Injuries_ (sermon)
5. *: The brave know only how to forgive [...] A coward never FORGAVE ; it is not in his nature.
6. [en] To look past ; to look beyond.
7. [en] To redeem ; to offset the bad effects of something.
8. * [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|forgivability |forgivable |forgive and forget |forgive but don't
forget |forgiveless |forgiveness |forgiver |forgiving |misforgive |reforgive
|unforgive|forgive my French |unforgiver }}
**** Translations
[transitive, to pardon]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Amharic: [am]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk] , [kk] , [kk]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo]
- Latgalian: [ltg]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lingala: [ln]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Low German:
- Luxembourgish: [lb] , [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] , [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Mwali Comorian: [wlc]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Galician-Portuguese: [roa-opt]
- Old Occitan: [pro]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tetum: [tet]
- Thai: [th] , [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk] , [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk] ,
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Yiddish: [yi] , [yi]
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*** References
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:Webster 1913]
[en]