forgive

Etymology
Alteration (due to ) of, , from , from , equivalent to (etymologically for- + ). Cognate with 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
 * 2)  To pardon for (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
 * 3)  To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
 * 4)  To accord forgiveness.
 * 5) * a. 1768,, Joseph's History considered; - Forgiveness of Injuries (sermon)
 * The brave know only how to forgive A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
 * 1)  To look past; to look beyond.
 * The music critic loves the instrumentation of the song so much that he can forgive the confusing lyrics.
 * 1)  To redeem; to offset the bad effects of something.
 * 1) * a. 1768,, Joseph's History considered; - Forgiveness of Injuries (sermon)
 * The brave know only how to forgive A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
 * 1)  To look past; to look beyond.
 * The music critic loves the instrumentation of the song so much that he can forgive the confusing lyrics.
 * 1)  To redeem; to offset the bad effects of something.

Translations

 * Abkhaz: анажьра
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ይቅር ማለት
 * Arabic: سَامَحَ, غَفَرَ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: ljert
 * Asturian: perdonar
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: barkatu
 * Belarusian: прабача́ць, праба́чыць, дарава́ць
 * Bulgarian:, простя́,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 原諒, 寬恕, 饒恕
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, odpustit
 * Danish: tilgive,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pardoni
 * Estonian: andestama, andeks andma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პატიება, მიტევება
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀφίημι, χαρίζομαι
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: माफ़ करना, क्षमा करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: antaa anteeks
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: кешіру, кешірім жасау, ғапу ету, ғафу ету
 * Khmer: អភ័យទោស, អត់ទោស
 * Korean: 용서하다
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: لێخۆشبوون
 * Kyrgyz: кечирүү, кечирип коюу
 * Lao: ໃຫ້ອະໄພ, ອະໄພ
 * Latgalian: pīdūt
 * Latin:, veniam do, condōnō, iustificō, redōnō
 * Latvian: piedot
 * Lingala: límbisa
 * Lithuanian: atleisti,
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: vergeven
 * Luxembourgish: verzeien, verginn
 * Macedonian: про́стува, про́сти, опро́стува, про́штава
 * Malay: memaafkan
 * Maori: muru
 * Middle English: forȝiven
 * Mongolian:
 * Mwali Comorian: swamihi
 * Ngazidja Comorian: samihi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: tilgjeva, orsaka
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: forġiefan
 * Old Galician-Portuguese: perdõar
 * Old Occitan: perdonar
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: math
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: опра́штати, опро̀стити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: odpúšťať, odpustiť
 * Slovene: odpuščati, odpustiti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: samehe
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Tetum: perdua
 * Thai: ยกโทษให้, ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: razylaşmak,
 * Ukrainian: проща́ти, прости́ти, пробача́ти, проба́чити,
 * Urdu: معاف کرنا
 * Uzbek:, afv etmoq
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: ferjou
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרגעבן, מוחל זײַן