Forgive

/fə(ɹ)ˈɡɪv/

Synonyms for "forgive" (102 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (21)

Strong matches (30)

deletedestigmatizedischargedismissdispense fromdisregarderaseexculpateexcuseexemptexempt fromexonerateforbearforgive and forgetfreegive absolutiongive quartergrant amnesty togrant forgivenessgrant immunity
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grant remissionhave mercy uponhave pityignoreindulge
Verb(4 words)
excuseexcusedexonerategrant amnesty
Noun(1 words)
excuse me

Related words (51)

justifylet golet offlet uplet up onmake allowances formeltnonprosnullifyobliterateoverlookpardonpass overpurgepurifyquash the chargerelaxreleaserelentremit
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reprieveset freeshrivesparetake pity onthawunderstandvindicatevoidwaivewhitewashwithdraw the charge

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
concededebt reliefemotional regulationexemptfreegrantrelieveremoval of blameyield

More specific

9 entries
absolutionapologyclemencyloan forgivenesspardonpeacemakingpenalty remissionreconciliationtax forgiveness

Collocations

6 entries
act of forgivenessforgivenessforgiveness gestureloan forgivenesspath to forgivenessprocess of forgiveness

Inflections

4 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

175 translations across 101 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • анажьра verb (transitive, to pardon)

Albanian

1 entries
  • fal verb (transitive, to pardon)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ይቅር ማለት verb (transitive, to pardon)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • χαρίζομαι verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • ἀφίημι verb (transitive, to pardon)

Arabic

2 entries
  • سَامَحَ verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • غَفَرَ verb (transitive, to pardon)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ներել verb (transitive, to pardon)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • ljert verb (transitive, to pardon)

Asturian

1 entries
  • perdonar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • bağışlamaq verb (transitive, to pardon)

Basque

1 entries
  • barkatu verb (transitive, to pardon)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • дарава́ць verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • праба́чыць verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • прабача́ць verb (transitive, to pardon)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ক্ষমা করা verb (transitive, to pardon)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • опростя́ verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • опроща́вам verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • простя́ verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • проща́вам verb (transitive, to pardon)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ခွင့်လွှတ် verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • အခွင့်လွှတ် verb (transitive, to pardon)

Catalan

1 entries
  • perdonar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • لێخۆشبوون verb (transitive, to pardon)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 原諒 /原谅 verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • 寬恕 /宽恕 verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • 饒恕 /饶恕 verb (transitive, to pardon)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 原諒 /原谅 verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • 寬恕 /宽恕 verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • 饒恕 /饶恕 verb (transitive, to pardon)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • простити verb (transitive, to pardon)

Czech

2 entries
  • odpouštět verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • odpustit verb (transitive, to pardon)

Danish

2 entries
  • forlade verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • tilgive verb (transitive, to pardon)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vergeven verb (transitive, to pardon)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pardoni verb (transitive, to pardon)

Estonian

2 entries
  • andeks andma verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • andestama verb (transitive, to pardon)

Finnish

1 entries
  • antaa anteeksi verb (transitive, to pardon)

French

1 entries
  • pardonner verb (transitive, to pardon)

Galician

1 entries
  • perdoar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მიტევება verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • პატიება verb (transitive, to pardon)

German

1 entries
  • verzeihen verb (transitive, to pardon)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (transitive, to pardon)

Greek

1 entries
  • συγχωρώ verb (transitive, to pardon)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סָלַח verb (transitive, to pardon)

Hindi

3 entries
  • क्षमा करना verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • माफ़ करना verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • मुआफ़ करना verb (transitive, to pardon)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megbocsát verb (transitive, to pardon)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fyrirgefa verb (transitive, to pardon)

Ido

1 entries
  • pardonar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • memaafkan verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • mengampuni verb (transitive, to pardon)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • antaa anteeks verb (transitive, to pardon)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • بَخْشیدَن verb (transitive, to pardon)

Irish

1 entries
  • maith do verb (transitive, to pardon)

Italian

1 entries
  • perdonare verb (transitive, to pardon)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 容赦する verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • 許す verb (transitive, to pardon)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • кешіру verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • кешірім жасау verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • ғапу ету verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • ғафу ету verb (transitive, to pardon)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • vâkìuh verb (transitive, to pardon)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ប្រណី verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • អត់ទោស verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • អភ័យទោស verb (transitive, to pardon)

Korean

1 entries
  • 용서하다 verb (transitive, to pardon)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • кечирип коюу verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • кечирүү verb (transitive, to pardon)

Lao

2 entries
  • ອະໄພ verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • ໃຫ້ອະໄພ verb (transitive, to pardon)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • pīdūt verb (transitive, to pardon)

Latin

4 entries
  • condōnō verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • ignōscō verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • iustificō verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • redōnō verb (transitive, to pardon)

Latvian

1 entries
  • piedot verb (transitive, to pardon)

Lingala

1 entries
  • límbisa verb (transitive, to pardon)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • atleisti verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • dovanoti verb (transitive, to pardon)

Low German

1 entries
  • vergeven verb (transitive, to pardon)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • verginn verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • verzeien verb (transitive, to pardon)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • опро́стува verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • про́сти verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • про́стува verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • про́штава verb (transitive, to pardon)

Malay

1 entries
  • memaafkan verb (transitive, to pardon)

Middle English

1 entries
  • forȝiven verb (transitive, to pardon)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • уучлах verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • ᠠᠭᠤᠴᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ verb (transitive, to pardon)

Mwali Comorian

1 entries
  • uswamihi verb (transitive, to pardon)

Māori

1 entries
  • muru verb (transitive, to pardon)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • usamihi verb (transitive, to pardon)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forlate verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • tilgi verb (transitive, to pardon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • orsaka verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • tilgjeva verb (transitive, to pardon)

Occitan

1 entries
  • perdonar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • простити verb (transitive, to pardon)

Old English

1 entries
  • forġiefan verb (transitive, to pardon)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries
  • perdõar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • do·lugai verb (transitive, to pardon)

Old Occitan

1 entries
  • perdonar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • باغشلامق verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • عفو اتمك verb (transitive, to pardon)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • одпущиц verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • пребачиц verb (transitive, to pardon)

Pashto

1 entries
  • بخښل verb (transitive, to pardon)

Polish

4 entries
  • darować verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • darowywać verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • odpuszczać verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • odpuścić verb (transitive, to pardon)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • desculpar verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • perdoar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ierta verb (transitive, to pardon)

Russian

4 entries
  • извини́ть verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • извиня́ть verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • миловать verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • помиловать verb (transitive, to pardon)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • मृडति verb (transitive, to pardon)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • math verb (transitive, to pardon)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • opráštati verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • opròstiti verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • опра́штати verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • опро̀стити verb (transitive, to pardon)

Slovak

2 entries
  • odpustiť verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • odpúšťať verb (transitive, to pardon)

Slovene

2 entries
  • odpustiti verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • odpuščati verb (transitive, to pardon)

Spanish

2 entries
  • disculpar verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • perdonar verb (transitive, to pardon)

Swahili

1 entries
  • -samehe verb (transitive, to pardon)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förlåta verb (transitive, to pardon)

Tajik

1 entries
  • бахшидан verb (transitive, to pardon)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மன்னி verb (transitive, to pardon)

Tatar

3 entries
  • бәхилләргә verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • гафу итәргә verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • кичерергә verb (transitive, to pardon)

Tetum

1 entries
  • perdua verb (transitive, to pardon)

Thai

4 entries
  • ยกโทษ verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • ยกโทษให้ verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • อภัย verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • ให้อภัย verb (transitive, to pardon)

Turkish

2 entries
  • affetmek verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • bağışlamak verb (transitive, to pardon)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • bagyşlamak verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • razylaşmak verb (transitive, to pardon)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • проба́чити verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • пробача́ти verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • прости́ти verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • проща́ти verb (transitive, to pardon)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مُعَاف کَرْنا verb (transitive, to pardon)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئەپۇ قىلماق verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • كەچۈرمەك verb (transitive, to pardon)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • afv etmoq verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • kechirmoq verb (transitive, to pardon)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tha verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • tha thứ verb (transitive, to pardon)

Volapük

1 entries
  • pardön verb (transitive, to pardon)

Welsh

1 entries
  • maddau verb (transitive, to pardon)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • ferjou verb (transitive, to pardon)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • מוחל זײַן verb (transitive, to pardon)
  • פֿאַרגעבן verb (transitive, to pardon)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I will forgive him out of consideration.

Source: tatoeba (17437)

I will forgive him out of consideration for you.

Source: tatoeba (17438)

Please forgive me for not having written for a long time.

Source: tatoeba (19848)

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Source: tatoeba (20868)

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