What is another word for forgive?
697 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fəɡˈɪv], [ fəɡˈɪv], [ f_ə_ɡ_ˈɪ_v]
Forgiveness is a powerful trait that can lead to a more peaceful and fulfilling life. Sometimes, however, we may struggle to find the right words to convey our forgiveness. Luckily, there are many synonyms for the word "forgive" that can help communicate our intentions more clearly. Some of these synonyms include pardon, excuse, absolve, acquit, condone, overlook, and reconcile. While all of these words generally mean to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for a wrongdoing, they can carry slightly different connotations and implications. By choosing the right synonym for the situation, we can better express our intentions and emotions and foster stronger relationships with those around us.
Synonyms for Forgive:
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n.
• bury the hatchet- accept apologies ,
- bear no malices ,
- bury hatchet ,
- bury-hatchet ,
- end a quarrels ,
- end quarrel ,
- end quarrels ,
- hold out olive branch ,
- kiss and make ups ,
- kiss make up ,
- kiss make ups ,
- let bygones be bygone ,
- make a peace offerings ,
- make peace offering ,
- make peace offerings ,
- make peaces ,
- smoke peace pipe ,
- wipe slate cleans .
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v.
• absolve- blinked at ,
- blinking at ,
- blinks at ,
- dis charge ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charges ,
- dis charging ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-charging ,
- goes easy on ,
- let easy ,
- let hook ,
- let the hook ,
- let upon ,
- lets easy ,
- lets hook ,
- lets off easy ,
- lets off hook ,
- lets off the hook ,
- lets the hook ,
- lets up on ,
- lets upon ,
- letted easy ,
- letted hook ,
- letted off easy ,
- letted off hook ,
- letted off the hook ,
- letted the hook ,
- letted up on ,
- letted upon ,
- letting easy ,
- letting hook ,
- letting off easy ,
- letting off hook ,
- letting off the hook ,
- letting the hook ,
- letting up on ,
- letting upon ,
- lifeboated ,
- lifeboating ,
- re lease ,
- re leases ,
- re leasing ,
- re lieve ,
- re-lease ,
- re-leased ,
- re-leases ,
- re-leasing ,
- re-lieve ,
- went easy on ,
- winking at ,
- winks at ,
- wiped it off ,
- wiped slate clean ,
- wiped the slate clean ,
- wipes it off ,
- wipes off ,
- wipes slate clean ,
- wipes the slate clean ,
- wiping it off ,
- wiping off ,
- wiping slate clean ,
- wiping the slate clean .
- dis regard ,
- dis regarded ,
- dis regarding ,
- dis regards ,
- dis-regard ,
- dis-regarded ,
- dis-regarding ,
- dis-regards ,
- gave green light ,
- gives green light ,
- giving green light ,
- lapping up ,
- laps up ,
- let come ,
- lets come ,
- lets go by ,
- lets it come ,
- lets it go by ,
- lets pass ,
- letted come ,
- letted go by ,
- letted it come ,
- letted it go by ,
- letted pass ,
- letting come ,
- letting go by ,
- letting it come ,
- letting it go by ,
- letting pass ,
- look other way ,
- looked other way ,
- looked the other way ,
- looking other way ,
- looking the other way ,
- looks other way ,
- looks the other way ,
- nodded at ,
- nodding at ,
- nods at .
- apologized for ,
- apologizes for ,
- apologizing for ,
- de fend ,
- de fended ,
- de fending ,
- de fends ,
- de-fend ,
- de-fended ,
- de-fending ,
- de-fends ,
- dispensed from ,
- dispenses from ,
- dispensing from ,
- ex plain ,
- ex plained ,
- ex plaining ,
- ex plains ,
- ex-plain ,
- ex-plained ,
- ex-plaining ,
- ex-plains ,
- exempted from ,
- exempting from ,
- exempts from ,
- gave absolution ,
- gives absolution ,
- giving absolution ,
- granted amnesty ,
- granting amnesty ,
- grants amnesty ,
- letted go ,
- made allowances for ,
- makes allowances for ,
- making allowances for ,
- pleaded ignorance ,
- pleading ignorance ,
- pleads ignorance ,
- pled ignorance ,
- pre text ,
- pre texts ,
- pre-text ,
- pre-texts ,
- pretexting ,
- takes rap for ,
- taking rap for ,
- took rap for .
- atones for ,
- atoning for ,
- did penance ,
- didst penance ,
- does penance ,
- doest penance ,
- doeth penance ,
- dost penance ,
- doth penance ,
- paid dues ,
- paid one dues ,
- paid ones dues ,
- pay one dues ,
- pay ones dues ,
- payed dues ,
- payed one dues ,
- payed one's dues ,
- payed ones dues ,
- paying dues ,
- paying one dues ,
- paying one's dues ,
- paying ones dues ,
- pays dues ,
- pays one dues ,
- pays one's dues ,
- pays ones dues ,
- re deem ,
- re deemed ,
- re deeming ,
- re dress ,
- re dressed ,
- re dresses ,
- re dressing ,
- re-deem ,
- re-deeming ,
- re-deems ,
- re-dress ,
- re-dressed ,
- re-dresses ,
- re-dressing ,
- squared things ,
- squares things .
- privileged from ,
- privileges from ,
- privileging from ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving .
- became lenient ,
- becomes lenient ,
- becoming lenient ,
- dis armed ,
- dis arming ,
- dis arms ,
- dis-armed ,
- dis-arming ,
- dis-arms ,
- re lax ,
- re-lax .
- grin bear it ,
- grinned and bear it ,
- grinned bear it ,
- grinning and bear it ,
- grinning bear it ,
- grins and bear it ,
- grins bear it ,
- lets bygones be bygones ,
- letted bygones be bygones ,
- letting bygones be bygones ,
- lived with ,
- over look ,
- over looked ,
- over looking ,
- over looks ,
- over-look ,
- over-looked ,
- over-looking ,
- over-looks ,
- paid no mind ,
- payed no mind ,
- pays no mind ,
- played past ,
- playing past ,
- plays past ,
- putting with ,
- rolled with punches ,
- swam with the tide ,
- swam with tide ,
- swim with tide ,
- swimming with the tide ,
- swimming with tide ,
- swims with the tide ,
- swims with tide ,
- tuned out ,
- tunes out ,
- tuning out ,
- turned blind eye to ,
- turning blind eye to ,
- turns blind eye to .
- am sorry for ,
- am sympathetic ,
- are sorry for ,
- are sympathetic ,
- art sorry for ,
- art sympathetic ,
- being sympathetic ,
- bled for ,
- bleeding for ,
- bleeds for ,
- feeling with ,
- feels with ,
- felt with ,
- gave quarter ,
- gives quarter ,
- giving quarter ,
- grieved with ,
- grieves with ,
- grieving with ,
- had compassion ,
- had mercy on ,
- haddest compassion ,
- haddest mercy on ,
- hadst compassion ,
- hadst mercy on ,
- has compassion ,
- has mercy on ,
- hast compassion ,
- hast mercy on ,
- hath compassion ,
- hath mercy on ,
- having compassion ,
- having mercy on ,
- is sympathetic ,
- lamented with ,
- lamenting with ,
- laments with ,
- put out misery ,
- put out of misery ,
- put out of one misery ,
- put out of ones misery ,
- put out one misery ,
- put out one's misery ,
- put out ones misery ,
- puts out misery ,
- puts out of misery ,
- puts out of one misery ,
- puts out of one's misery ,
- puts out of ones misery ,
- puts out one misery ,
- puts out one's misery ,
- puts out ones misery ,
- putting out misery ,
- putting out of one misery ,
- putting out of one's misery ,
- putting out of ones misery ,
- putting out one misery ,
- putting out one's misery ,
- putting out ones misery ,
- showed forgiveness ,
- showed sympathy ,
- showing forgiveness ,
- showing sympathy ,
- shows forgiveness ,
- shows sympathy ,
- under stand ,
- under standing ,
- under stands ,
- under stood ,
- under-standing ,
- under-stands ,
- under-stood ,
- was sorry for ,
- was sympathetic ,
- wast sorry for ,
- wast sympathetic ,
- weeping for ,
- weeps for ,
- wept for ,
- were sorry for ,
- were sympathetic ,
- wert sorry for ,
- wert sympathetic .
- dis abuse ,
- dis abused ,
- dis abuses ,
- dis abusing ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-abuse ,
- dis-abused ,
- dis-abuses ,
- dis-abusing ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- ex crete ,
- ex cretes ,
- ex terminate ,
- ex terminated ,
- ex terminates ,
- ex terminating ,
- ex-crete ,
- ex-cretes ,
- ex-terminate ,
- ex-terminated ,
- ex-terminates ,
- ex-terminating ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- routed out ,
- routs out ,
- shakes out ,
- shaking out ,
- shook out ,
- sweeping out ,
- sweeps out ,
- un load ,
- un loaded ,
- un loading ,
- un loads ,
- un-load ,
- un-loads ,
- wipe map ,
- wiped map ,
- wiped off map ,
- wipes map ,
- wipes off map ,
- wiping map ,
- wiping off map .
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- eases up ,
- easing up ,
- fell away ,
- intermits ,
- pro rogue ,
- pro rogued ,
- pro rogues ,
- pro roguing ,
- pro-rogue ,
- pro-rogued ,
- pro-rogues ,
- pro-roguing ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re peal ,
- re pealed ,
- re pealing ,
- re peals ,
- re spite ,
- re spited ,
- re spites ,
- re spiting ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-pealed ,
- re-peals ,
- re-spited ,
- re-spites ,
- re-spiting .
- grant stay ,
- granted a stay ,
- granted stay ,
- granting a stay ,
- granting stay ,
- grants a stay ,
- grants stay ,
- let off time ,
- let this time ,
- let time ,
- lets off this time ,
- lets off time ,
- lets this time ,
- lets time ,
- letted off this time ,
- letted off time ,
- letted this time ,
- letted time ,
- letting off this time ,
- letting off time ,
- letting this time ,
- letting time ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pones .
Other synonyms:
- amortize ,
- incur ,
- liquidate ,
- liquidation ,
- liquidity ,
- overpay ,
- pay back ,
- pay down ,
- pay off ,
- pay up ,
- repay ,
- repayment ,
- reschedule ,
- settle up ,
- square up ,
- work off .
- redeem .
- pay .
- spread .
- settle .
- compound .
- service .
Other relevant words:
- Amnestied ,
- Amnestying ,
- Depurate ,
- Depurated ,
- Depurating ,
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- Pardoned ,
- Prorogued ,
- Proroguing ,
- Remitted ,
- Respited ,
- Respiting ,
- Shelving ,
- absolve ,
- alibied ,
- alibiing ,
- apologize for ,
- become lenient ,
- blink at ,
- condone ,
- depurates ,
- dispense from ,
- ease up ,
- eased up ,
- excuse ,
- exempt from ,
- expiate ,
- fall away ,
- falling away ,
- falls away ,
- give absolution ,
- give green light ,
- go along with ,
- go easy on ,
- going easy on ,
- grant a stay ,
- grant amnesty ,
- grin and bear it ,
- intermit ,
- lap up ,
- lapped up ,
- let bygones be bygones ,
- let go by ,
- let it come ,
- let it go by ,
- let off ,
- let off easy ,
- let off hook ,
- let off the hook ,
- let off this time ,
- let pass ,
- let up on ,
- lets go ,
- letting go ,
- lifeboat ,
- lifeboats ,
- live with ,
- living with ,
- look the other way ,
- make allowances for ,
- melt ,
- nod at ,
- overlook ,
- pay no mind ,
- paying no mind ,
- pity ,
- play past ,
- plead ignorance ,
- pretexted ,
- privilege from ,
- prorogue ,
- prorogues ,
- purge ,
- put up with ,
- put with ,
- putting up with ,
- release ,
- releasing ,
- remit ,
- reprieve ,
- roll with punches ,
- rolling with punches ,
- rolls with punches ,
- rout out ,
- routing out ,
- set free ,
- sets free ,
- setting free ,
- shake out ,
- show mercy ,
- showed mercy ,
- showing mercy ,
- shows mercy ,
- shrive ,
- shrug off ,
- springs ,
- sweep out ,
- swept out ,
- swim with the tide ,
- take rap for ,
- tolerates ,
- tune out ,
- turn blind eye to ,
- whitewashed ,
- wink at ,
- winked at ,
- wipe it off ,
- wipe off ,
- wipe off map ,
- wipe slate clean ,
- wipe the slate clean ,
- wiped off .
- Remedied ,
- atone for ,
- atoned for ,
- do penance ,
- doing penance ,
- expiates ,
- paid one's dues ,
- pay dues ,
- pay one's dues ,
- square things ,
- squaring things .
- be sorry for ,
- be sympathetic ,
- being sorry for ,
- bleed for ,
- feel for ,
- feel with ,
- feeling for ,
- feels for ,
- felt for ,
- give quarter ,
- grieve with ,
- have compassion ,
- have mercy on ,
- is sorry for ,
- lament with ,
- put out of one's misery ,
- putting out of misery ,
- show forgiveness ,
- show sympathy ,
- sympathize ,
- take pity on ,
- takes pity on ,
- taking pity on ,
- took pity on ,
- weep for .
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How to use "Forgive" in context?
Forgiveness is an essential part of any healthy relationship. Reconciliation is the process of restoring relationships that have been damaged. Forgiveness enables people to repair relationships and has the potential to lead to a more positive future.
There are many reasons why someone might want to forgive someone else. Forgiveness can help to reduce the likelihood of future anger and resentment, while also boosting feelings of rehabilitation and closure. Forgiveness can also help to improve mental health, as it can provide a sense of relief and decrease feelings of sadness and anxiety.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
pardon.
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Interjection
Forgiven.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
pardon.
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Adverb
pardon.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
forbid.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
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Other Related
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Coordinating conjunction
pardon.
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Noun, singular or mass
forgiveness.
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Adverb
forgiveness.
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Interjection
pardon.
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Coordinating conjunction
Hyponym for Forgive:
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