forgive

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• Received-Pronunciation: fər-gĭv'
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• Received-Pronunciation: fôr-gĭv'
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fə(ɹ)ˈɡɪv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈɡɪv/
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• General-American: /fɚˈɡɪv/
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• rhymes with -ɪv
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• CMU ARPABET: F ER0 G IH1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F AO0 R G IH1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Alteration (due to give) of Middle English foryiven, forȝiven, from Old English forġiefan (“to forgive, to give”), from Proto-West Germanic *frageban, from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną (“to give away; give up; release; forgive”), equivalent to for- + give (etymologically for- + yive). Cognate with Scots forgeve, forgif, forgie (“to forgive”), West Frisian ferjaan (“to forgive”), Dutch vergeven (“to forgive”), German vergeben (“to forgive”), Icelandic fyrirgefa (“to forgive”), Yiddish פֿאַרגעבן (fargebn, “to forgive”)

177 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: анажьра (anažra) — transitive, to pardon
• Albanian: fal — transitive, to pardon
• Amharic: ይቅር ማለት (yəḳr malät) — transitive, to pardon
• Arabic: سَامَحَ (sāmaḥa) — transitive, to pardon
• Arabic: غَفَرَ (ḡafara) — transitive, to pardon
• Armenian: ներել (nerel) — transitive, to pardon
• Aromanian: ljert — transitive, to pardon
• Asturian: perdonar — transitive, to pardon
• Azerbaijani: bağışlamaq — transitive, to pardon
• Basque: barkatu — transitive, to pardon
• Belarusian: прабача́ць (prabačácʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Belarusian: праба́чыць (prabáčycʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Belarusian: дарава́ць (daravácʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Bengali: ক্ষমা করা (khoma kora) — transitive, to pardon
• Bulgarian: проща́вам (proštávam) — transitive, to pardon
• Bulgarian: простя́ (prostjá) — transitive, to pardon
• Bulgarian: опроща́вам (oproštávam) — transitive, to pardon
• Bulgarian: опростя́ (oprostjá) — transitive, to pardon
• Burmese: ခွင့်လွှတ် (hkwang.hlwat) — transitive, to pardon
• Burmese: အခွင့်လွှတ် (a.hkwang.hlwat) — transitive, to pardon
• Catalan: perdonar — transitive, to pardon
• Chinese Cantonese: 原諒 /原谅 (jyun4 loeng6) — transitive, to pardon
• Chinese Cantonese: 寬恕 /宽恕 (fun1 syu3) — transitive, to pardon
• Chinese Cantonese: 饒恕 /饶恕 (jiu4 syu3) — transitive, to pardon
• Chinese Mandarin: 原諒 /原谅 (yuánliàng) — transitive, to pardon
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬恕 /宽恕 (kuānshù) — transitive, to pardon
• Chinese Mandarin: 饒恕 /饶恕 (ráoshù) — transitive, to pardon
• Mwali Comorian: uswamihi — transitive, to pardon
• Ngazidja Comorian: usamihi — transitive, to pardon
• Czech: odpouštět — transitive, to pardon
• Czech: odpustit — transitive, to pardon
• Danish: tilgive — transitive, to pardon
• Danish: forlade — transitive, to pardon
• Dutch: vergeven — transitive, to pardon
• Esperanto: pardoni — transitive, to pardon
• Estonian: andestama — transitive, to pardon
• Estonian: andeks andma — transitive, to pardon
• Finnish: antaa anteeksi — transitive, to pardon
• French: pardonner — transitive, to pardon
• West-Frisian: ferjou — transitive, to pardon
• Galician: perdoar — transitive, to pardon
• Georgian: პატიება (ṗaṭieba) — transitive, to pardon
• Georgian: მიტევება (miṭeveba) — transitive, to pardon
• German: verzeihen — transitive, to pardon
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (fragiban) — transitive, to pardon
• Greek: συγχωρώ (synchoró) — transitive, to pardon
• Ancient Greek: ἀφίημι (aphíēmi) — transitive, to pardon
• Ancient Greek: χαρίζομαι (kharízomai) — transitive, to pardon
• Hebrew: סָלַח (salákh) — transitive, to pardon
• Hindi: माफ़ करना (māf karnā) — transitive, to pardon
• Hindi: क्षमा करना (kṣamā karnā) — transitive, to pardon
• Hindi: मुआफ़ करना (muāf karnā) — transitive, to pardon
• Hungarian: megbocsát — transitive, to pardon
• Icelandic: fyrirgefa — transitive, to pardon
• Ido: pardonar — transitive, to pardon
• Indonesian: memaafkan — transitive, to pardon
• Indonesian: mengampuni — transitive, to pardon
• Ingrian: antaa anteeks — transitive, to pardon
• Irish: maith do — transitive, to pardon
• Old Irish: do·lugai — transitive, to pardon
• Italian: perdonare — transitive, to pardon
• Japanese: 許す (yurusu) — transitive, to pardon
• Japanese: 容赦する (yōsha suru) — transitive, to pardon
• Kazakh: кешіру (keşıru) — transitive, to pardon
• Kazakh: кешірім жасау (keşırım jasau) — transitive, to pardon
• Kazakh: ғапу ету (ğapu etu) — transitive, to pardon
• Kazakh: ғафу ету (ğafu etu) — transitive, to pardon
• Khmer: អភ័យទោស (ʼaʼphɨy tooh) — transitive, to pardon
• Khmer: អត់ទោស (ʼɑt tooh) — transitive, to pardon
• Khmer: ប្រណី (prɑɑnəy) — transitive, to pardon
• Korean: 용서하다 (yongseohada) — transitive, to pardon
• Central Kurdish: لێخۆشبوون (lêxoşbûn) — transitive, to pardon
• Kyrgyz: кечирүү (kecirüü) — transitive, to pardon
• Kyrgyz: кечирип коюу (kecirip koyuu) — transitive, to pardon
• Lao: ໃຫ້ອະໄພ (phai) — transitive, to pardon
• Lao: ອະໄພ (ʼa phai) — transitive, to pardon
• Latgalian: pīdūt — transitive, to pardon
• Latin: ignōscō — transitive, to pardon
• Latin: veniam do — transitive, to pardon
• Latin: condōnō — transitive, to pardon
• Latin: iustificō — transitive, to pardon
• Latin: redōnō — transitive, to pardon
• Latvian: piedot — transitive, to pardon
• Lingala: límbisa — transitive, to pardon
• Lithuanian: atleisti — transitive, to pardon
• Lithuanian: dovanoti — transitive, to pardon
• Low German: vergeven — transitive, to pardon
• Luxembourgish: verzeien — transitive, to pardon
• Luxembourgish: verginn — transitive, to pardon
• Macedonian: про́стува (próstuva) — transitive, to pardon
• Macedonian: про́сти (prósti) — transitive, to pardon
• Macedonian: опро́стува (opróstuva) — transitive, to pardon
• Macedonian: про́штава (próštava) — transitive, to pardon
• Malay: memaafkan — transitive, to pardon
• Māori: muru — transitive, to pardon
• Middle English: forȝiven — transitive, to pardon
• Mongolian: уучлах (uučlax) — transitive, to pardon
• Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠴᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (aɣučilaqu) — transitive, to pardon
• Khiamniungan Naga: vâkìuh — transitive, to pardon
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilgi — transitive, to pardon
• Norwegian Bokmål: forlate — transitive, to pardon
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilgjeva — transitive, to pardon
• Norwegian Nynorsk: orsaka — transitive, to pardon
• Occitan: perdonar — transitive, to pardon
• Old Occitan: perdonar — transitive, to pardon
• Church Slavic: простити (prostiti) — transitive, to pardon
• Old East Slavic: простити (prostiti) — transitive, to pardon
• Old English: forġiefan — transitive, to pardon
• Old Galician-Portuguese: perdõar — transitive, to pardon
• Pannonian Rusyn: пребачиц (prebačic) — transitive, to pardon
• Pannonian Rusyn: одпущиц (odpuščic) — transitive, to pardon
• Pashto: بخښل (baxx̌ə́l) — transitive, to pardon
• Iranian Persian: بَخْشیدَن (baxšidan) — transitive, to pardon
• Polish: przebaczać — transitive, to pardon
• Polish: przebaczyć — transitive, to pardon
• Polish: odpuszczać — transitive, to pardon
• Polish: odpuścić — transitive, to pardon
• Polish: darowywać — transitive, to pardon
• Polish: darować — transitive, to pardon
• Polish: wybaczać — transitive, to pardon
• Polish: wybaczyć — transitive, to pardon
• Portuguese: perdoar — transitive, to pardon
• Portuguese: desculpar — transitive, to pardon
• Romanian: ierta — transitive, to pardon
• Russian: проща́ть (proščátʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Russian: прости́ть (prostítʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Russian: извиня́ть (izvinjátʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Russian: извини́ть (izvinítʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Russian: миловать (milovatʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Russian: помиловать (pomilovatʹ) — transitive, to pardon
• Sanskrit: मृडति (mṛḍati) — transitive, to pardon
• Scottish Gaelic: math — transitive, to pardon
• Serbo-Croatian: опра́штати — transitive, to pardon
• Serbo-Croatian: опро̀стити — transitive, to pardon
• Serbo-Croatian: opráštati — transitive, to pardon
• Serbo-Croatian: opròstiti — transitive, to pardon
• Slovak: odpúšťať — transitive, to pardon
• Slovak: odpustiť — transitive, to pardon
• Slovene: odpuščati — transitive, to pardon
• Slovene: odpustiti — transitive, to pardon
• Southern Altai: јаманын таштадар (ǰamanïn taštadar) — transitive, to pardon
• Spanish: perdonar — transitive, to pardon
• Spanish: disculpar — transitive, to pardon
• Swahili: -samehe — transitive, to pardon
• Swedish: förlåta — transitive, to pardon
• Tajik: бахшидан (baxšidan) — transitive, to pardon
• Tamil: மன்னி (maṉṉi) — transitive, to pardon
• Tatar: кичерергә (kiçerergä) — transitive, to pardon
• Tatar: гафу итәргә (ğafu itärgä) — transitive, to pardon
• Tatar: бәхилләргә (bäxillärgä) — transitive, to pardon
• Tetum: perdua — transitive, to pardon
• Thai: ยกโทษให้ (yók tôot hâi) — transitive, to pardon
• Thai: ให้อภัย (hâi a-pai) — transitive, to pardon
• Thai: อภัย (à-pai) — transitive, to pardon
• Thai: ยกโทษ (yók-tôot) — transitive, to pardon
• Turkish: affetmek — transitive, to pardon
• Turkish: bağışlamak — transitive, to pardon
• Ottoman Turkish: عفو اتمك (ʻafv etmek) — transitive, to pardon
• Ottoman Turkish: باغشلامق (bağışlamak) — transitive, to pardon
• Turkmen: razylaşmak — transitive, to pardon
• Turkmen: bagyşlamak — transitive, to pardon
• Ukrainian: проща́ти (proščáty) — transitive, to pardon
• Ukrainian: прости́ти (prostýty) — transitive, to pardon
• Ukrainian: пробача́ти (probačáty) — transitive, to pardon
• Ukrainian: проба́чити (probáčyty) — transitive, to pardon
• Urdu: مُعَاف کَرْنا (mu'āf karnā) — transitive, to pardon
• Uyghur: كەچۈرمەك (kechürmek) — transitive, to pardon
• Uyghur: ئەپۇ قىلماق (epu qilmaq) — transitive, to pardon
• Uzbek: kechirmoq — transitive, to pardon
• Uzbek: afv etmoq — transitive, to pardon
• Vietnamese: tha thứ — transitive, to pardon
• Vietnamese: tha — transitive, to pardon
• Volapük: pardön — transitive, to pardon
• Welsh: maddau — transitive, to pardon
• Yiddish: פֿאַרגעבן (fargebn) — transitive, to pardon
• Yiddish: מוחל זײַן (moykhl zayn) — transitive, to pardon
• Yiddish: שענקען (shenken) — transitive, to pardon