English > forgive: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | stop blaming or grant forgiveness. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something |
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| Example | "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
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| Narrower | absolve, free | let off the hook |
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| excuse, pardon | Accept an excuse for |
| excuse, condone | excuse, overlook, or make allowances for |
| pardon | grant a pardon / pardon to |
| remit | forgive |
| shrive, absolve | Grant remission of a sin to |
| Broader | concede, yield, grant | Be willing to concede |
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| Spanish | disculpar, perdonar |
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| Catalan | perdonar |
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| Nouns | forgiver | a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense |
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