forgive

Meanings

Verb

stop blaming or grant forgiveness
- "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
absolve from payment
- "I forgive you your debt"
To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
To pardon for (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
To accord forgiveness.
To look past; to look beyond.
To redeem; to offset the bad effects of something.

Origin / Etymology

Alteration (due to give) of Middle English foryiven, forȝiven, from Old English forġiefan (“to forgive, to give”), from Proto-West Germanic *frageban, from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną (“to give away; give up; release; forgive”), equivalent to for- + give (etymologically for- + yive). Cognate with Scots forgeve, forgif, forgie (“to forgive”), West Frisian ferjaan (“to forgive”), Dutch vergeven (“to forgive”), German vergeben (“to forgive”), Icelandic fyrirgefa (“to forgive”), Yiddish פֿאַרגעבן (fargebn, “to forgive”)

Scrabble Score: 14

forgive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
forgive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forgive is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

forgive is a valid Words With Friends word