Usually means: Releases resentment, embraces understanding, reconciles.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. forgives: Merriam-Webster
  2. forgives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. forgives: Vocabulary.com
  4. Forgives, forgives: Wordnik
  5. forgives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. forgives: Wiktionary
  7. forgives: Dictionary.com
  8. forgives: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. forgives: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. forgives: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. forgives: Idioms

(Note: See forgive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (forgive)

verb:  (transitive) To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
verb:  (transitive) To pardon for (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
verb:  (transitive) To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
verb:  (intransitive) To accord forgiveness.
verb:  (transitive) To look past; to look beyond.
verb:  (transitive) To redeem; to offset the bad effects of something.
▸ Also see forgive


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