Forgive I Stop Feeling Angry Verb Fəˈɡɪv Fərˈɡɪv

• can you ever forgive me?
• i'd never forgive myself if she heard the truth from someone else.
• i'll never forgive her for what she did.
• she never forgave him for losing her ring.

forgive

Verb Forms

1. to stop feeling angry with somebody who has done something to harm, annoy or upset you; to stop feeling angry with yourself
• Can you ever forgive me?
• I'd never forgive myself if she heard the truth from someone else.
• I'll never forgive her for what she did.
• She never forgave him for losing her ring.
• I can't forgive that type of behaviour.
• We all have to learn to forgive.
• She'd forgive him anything.

Extra Examples

• I couldn't forgive him.
• I suspect that Rodney has never quite forgiven either of them.
• He fell to his knees and begged God to forgive him.
• Donna would not easily forgive Beth's silly attempt to trick her.
• An insult like that isn't easy to forgive.
2. used to say in a polite way that you are sorry if what you are doing or saying seems rude or silly
• Forgive me, but I don't see that any of this concerns me.
• Forgive me for interrupting, but I really don't agree with that.
• Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly does the company do?
• Forgive my interrupting but I really don't agree with that.
3. to say that somebody does not need to pay back money that they have borrowed
• The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt.
4. used to say that it is easy to understand why somebody does or thinks something, although they are wrong
• Looking at the crowds out shopping, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone has plenty of money.
5. to stop feeling angry with somebody for something they have done to you and to behave as if it had not happened
• I know what he did was wrong but don’t you think it’s time to forgive and forget?
• He was not the sort of man to forgive and forget.

Word Origin

• Old English forgiefan, of Germanic origin, related to Dutch vergeven and German vergeben, and ultimately to for- and give.