forgive
verb
to decide that you will not be angry with someone who has offended, upset, or harmed you
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verb
to decide that you will not be angry with someone who has offended, upset, or harmed you
verb
to forgive someone for something bad that they have done, especially something that is not very serious
to give someone little or no punishment for something that they did wrong
to decide not to continue being angry about something that someone has done, and not to allow your memory of it to influence your future relationship
to end an argument with someone and stop feeling angry toward them
to stop thinking or feeling angry about something that is upsetting you
used for saying that you should stop thinking about something bad that happened in the past and you should forgive people who did bad things
to accept behavior that you would not normally accept because you know why someone has behaved that way
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