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

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Usage examples (31)
  • He uses the terms forgiven, covered, and not counted against him.
  • This is the basic meaning behind the word forgiven that David uses.
  • Send me one word, Sadie -- 'forgiven' -- and I shall leave my country with a lighter heart than I have known for years.
  • Being open to being wrong, and being able to forgive and be forgiven, is what’s important in such situations I think.
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