Crossword clues for forgive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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.
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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. 3 -
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English forgiefan "give, grant, allow; remit (a debt), pardon (an offense)," also "give up" and "give in marriage" (past tense forgeaf, past participle forgifen); from for-, here probably "completely," + giefan "give" (see give (v.)).\n
\nThe sense of "to give up desire or power to punish" (late Old English) is from use of such a compound as a Germanic loan-translation of Vulgar Latin *perdonare (Old Saxon fargeban, Dutch vergeven, German vergeben "to forgive," Gothic fragiban "to grant;" and see pardon (n.)). Related: Forgave; forgiven; forgiving.\n
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment. 2 (context intransitive English) To accord forgiveness.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Forgive is the second studio album by American country music artist Rebecca Lynn Howard. The album was released in September 2002 by MCA Nashville. The only single released from the project, the title track, peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and was her only Top 40 country hit. Songwriter Trey Bruce produced 11 of the album's 12 tracks, working with Mark Wright on the title track, while Steve Fishell produced "Jesus and Bartenders".
"Jesus and Bartenders" was later recorded by Daryle Singletary, who released it in 2008 as a single from his album Straight from the Heart. It was originally recorded by Larry Cordle on his album Murder on Music Row.
"Forgive" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Rebecca Lynn Howard. It was released in May 2002 as the only single and title track from her album Forgive, and the only Top 40 country hit of her career. The song peaked at number 12 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song is also featured on the soundtrack to NBC drama series Providence. Howard wrote the song with Trey Bruce, who co-produced it with Mark Wright.
"Forgive" is the fifteenth and final episode of the second season of the psychological thriller television series The Following, which premiered on April 28, 2014, on the network Fox. It was written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Marcos Siega.
Upon airing, the finale was watched by 4.81 million American viewers, marking an increase in ratings from the previous episode, but down significantly from the first season finale.
Usage examples of "forgive".
Their diagnosis, therefore, implies agnosis, or ignorance too great to be forgiven.
It was not so easy to forgive Aunt Alphonsine, for her voice had been as sharp as it could be without being honestly angry, like bad wine instead of good vinegar, and had run indefatigably up the switchbacks on which the voices of Frenchwomen travel eternally.
But Mourtzouphlos was also responsible for everything that had happened to Alypia these past months, and for that the tribune could not forgive him.
Most of the hysterical antipollution Instant Experts so dearly love their personal wheels that they forgive their dear beasts any nasty stink they may produce.
As an arhat, Pasenadi was obliged to forgive the Shakyans for sending him a prostitute for a wife.
Forgive me if I say such a shame must proceed from false modesty, which always attends false honour as its shadow.
The Bajoran people may not be as ready to forgive and forget as Aur would like to believe.
Do it, de Beaujolais, and I will die forgiving you and repenting my sins.
He had not yet forgiven her for the fact that she was so very good at seeming a sweet, harmless, and slightly eccentric lady of a certain age, most concerned with blackfly on roses and the current state of the village church restoration appeal.
In fact, he was not quite forgiven for his escapade with Miss Carnegie, or for that other involuntary excursion with Donna Clotilde La Touche, till such time as he had acquired fortune from a venture on the seas, and was able to take Mrs.
Thirty years before, Casanova would doubtless have made love to the girl and all would have been forgiven.
King Chaac and Monja were forgiven, and commended as well, for their course of action.
On rather rare occasions she urged severity where Chips was inclined to be forgiving.
He had crushed the German labour movement, and for that the property-owning classes were willing to forgive him almost anything.
She would not have forgiven him for his behaviour at the Coa bridge, would she.