■ verb ( past forgave ; past participle ~n ) stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence or mistake.
↘excuse (an offence or mistake).
Derivatives
forgivable adjective
forgivably adverb
~r noun
forgiving adjective
forgivingly adverb
Origin
OE forgiefan , of Gmc origin, ult. related to for- and give .