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Synonyms for forgive

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for forgive

to grant forgiveness to or for

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Words related to forgive

stop blaming or grant forgiveness

absolve from payment

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Adam answered with a half-sob, "Yes, I forgive thee Hetty.
"And tell him," Hetty said, in rather a stronger voice, "tell him...for there's nobody else to tell him...as I went after him and couldn't find him...and I hated him and cursed him once...but Dinah says I should forgive him...and I try...for else God won't forgive me."
Jo wanted to lay her head down on that motherly bosom, and cry her grief and anger all away, but tears were an unmanly weakness, and she felt so deeply injured that she really couldn't quite forgive yet.
You were very naughty, and it is hard to forgive the loss of her precious little book, but I think she might do it now, and I guess she will, if you try her at the right minute," said Meg.
I wouldn't forgive her, and today, if it hadn't been for Laurie, it might have been too late!
"You can add--immeasurably add, madam-- to all your past kindness, if you will only bear with me and forgive me."
'The law cannot forgive anyone who burns someone's face with acid,' he concluded, rejecting the convict's plea for acquittal.
"The law cannot forgive anyone who burns someone's face with acid," he concluded, rejecting the convict's plea for acquittal.
Rather than turning our backs on priests and, by extension, Jesus himself, we can follow his example and forgive.
"If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
Some people argue that the priest cannot forgive sins in confession because they are only human beings like everyone else.
Ruth Nyambura declined to forgive Dennis Mugendi who had allegedly slapped her and threatened to kill her after a domestic quarrel on April 4 at Kabande village in Manyatta.
There are a few tips that could help us forgive others; first take the time you need to heal as you cannot really forgive someone while you are still emotionally bleeding.
Though most of the times it is difficult to forgive in normal human situations.
But remembering the blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all unrighteousness and sets us free from the power of sin and death, we should forgive others.