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To cease to feel resentment against on account of wrong committed. (past)

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Usage examples (35)
  • But Martin forgave him the sneer, for he had begun to discover that
  • They eventually "forgave" the last person to make that claim, who they also burnt at the stake, in the 1990s.
  • But his father - Shagofta's father - 'forgave' him.
  • Roebuck "forgave" me; and I really forgave Burbank.
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