LekhoriLekhoriTo pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
Please forgive me if my phone goes off - I'm expecting an urgent call from my boss.
To pardon (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
Forgive these wild and wandering cries, Confusions of a wasted youth; Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise.
To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
Forgive a debt, that is, tell a debtor that a repayment of a loan is no longer needed.
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; gi...
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