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for⋅give

  [fer-giv] verb, -gave, -giv⋅en, -giv⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
2. to give up all claim on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.).
3. to grant pardon to (a person).
4. to cease to feel resentment against: to forgive one's enemies.
5. to cancel an indebtedness or liability of: to forgive the interest owed on a loan.
–verb (used without object)
6. to pardon an offense or an offender.
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Origin:
bef. 900; for- + give; r. ME foryiven, OE forgiefan

Related forms:
for⋅giv⋅a⋅ble, adjective
for⋅giv⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See excuse. 3. absolve, acquit.
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for·give   (fər-gĭv', fôr-)   
v.   for·gave (-gāv'), for·giv·en (-gĭv'ən), for·giv·ing, for·gives

v.   tr.

  1. To excuse for a fault or an offense; pardon.

  2. To renounce anger or resentment against.

  3. To absolve from payment of (a debt, for example).

v.   intr.
To accord forgiveness.

[Middle English forgiven, from Old English forgiefan; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]
for·giv'a·ble adj., for·giv'a·bly adv., for·giv'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to refrain from imposing punishment on an offender or demanding satisfaction for an offense. The first three can be used as conventional ways of offering apology. More strictly, to forgive is to grant pardon without harboring resentment: "Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them" (Oscar Wilde).
Pardon more strongly implies release from the liability for or penalty entailed by an offense: After the revolution all political prisoners were pardoned.
To excuse is to pass over a mistake or fault without demanding punishment or redress: "There are some acts of injustice which no national interest can excuse" (J.A. Froude).
To condone is to overlook an offense, usually a serious one, and often suggests tacit forgiveness: Failure to protest the policy may imply a willingness to condone it.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

forgive 
O.E. forgiefan "give, grant, allow," also "to give up" and "to give in marriage;" from for- "completely" + giefan "give" (see give). The modern sense of "to give up desire or power to punish" is from use of the compound as a Gmc. loan-translation of L. perdonare (cf. Du. vergeven, Ger. vergeben; see pardon).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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