Forgive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

stop blaming or grant forgiveness

absolve from payment

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɚɡˈɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/fəɡˈɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fəɡˈɪv/

2 syllables Say it as /fɚɡˈɪv/.

Examples

I forgave him his infidelity
She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday
I forgive you your debt

Parts of Speech

verb	stop blaming or grant forgiveness “I forgave him his infidelity”
verb	absolve from payment “I forgive you your debt”

Word Forms

forgiver

noun

a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verzeihen

Hören Sie auf, die Schuld zu geben, oder gewähren Sie Vergebung

🇫🇷French

pardonner

arrêter de blâmer ou accorder le pardon

🇪🇸Spanish

perdonar

dejar de culpar o conceder el perdón

🇮🇹Italian

perdonare

smettere di incolpare o concedere il perdono

🇳🇱Dutch

vergeven

stop met beschuldigen of schenk vergeving

🇵🇹Portuguese

perdoar

pare de culpar ou conceda perdão

🇷🇺Russian

простить

перестань обвинять или даруй прощение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्षमा करना

दोष देना बंद करो या क्षमा प्रदान करो

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষমা

দোষ দেওয়া বন্ধ করুন বা ক্ষমা করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

மன்னிக்கவும்

குற்றம் சொல்வதை நிறுத்துங்கள் அல்லது மன்னிப்பு வழங்குங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్షమించు

నిందించడం మానేయండి లేదా క్షమించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

क्षमा करा

दोष देणे थांबवा किंवा माफी द्या

🇮🇳Gujarati

માફ કરો

દોષારોપણ કરવાનું બંધ કરો અથવા માફી આપો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸು

ದೂಷಿಸುವುದನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿ ಅಥವಾ ಕ್ಷಮೆಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പൊറുക്കുക

കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തുന്നത് നിർത്തുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മാപ്പ് നൽകുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਾਫ਼

ਦੋਸ਼ ਦੇਣਾ ਬੰਦ ਕਰੋ ਜਾਂ ਮਾਫੀ ਦਿਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

معاف کر دیں

الزام تراشی بند کریں یا معافی دیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

原谅

停止责备或给予宽恕

🇯🇵Japanese

許す

責めるのをやめるか、許しを与えてください

🇰🇷Korean

용서하다

비난을 멈추거나 용서해주십시오

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tha thứ

ngừng đổ lỗi hoặc tha thứ

🇹🇭Thai

ให้อภัย

หยุดกล่าวโทษหรือให้อภัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

memaafkan

berhenti menyalahkan atau memberikan pengampunan

🇵🇭Filipino

magpatawad

itigil ang paninisi o bigyan ng kapatawaran

🇲🇾Malay

maafkan

berhenti menyalahkan atau memberi pengampunan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يغفر

التوقف عن اللوم أو منح المغفرة

🇮🇷Persian

ببخش

دست از سرزنش بردارید یا ببخشید

🇹🇷Turkish

affetmek

suçlamayı bırak ya da bağışla

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִסְלוֹחַ

להפסיק להאשים או לתת מחילה

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The primary meaning of 'forgive' is 'stop blaming or grant forgiveness'.

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