Here you'll find 20 real example sentences with Forgive, the meaning and synonyms like yield or grant. In Dutch this translates to vergeven.
Forgive meaning
- To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
- To pardon (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
- To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
Forgive in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
But the bill gives the president the power to forgive the loan, or it could be paid back using frozen Russian assets.
Demanding elections, the kibbutznik swore that “for the rest of her life” she would never forgive the government.
Please forgive me when I have told the “painful truth” to win arguments, to hurt feelings, or to impress others.
The administration announced it will forgive debt for anyone who’s been making payments for more than 20 years.
In his response Abdulsalami asked Sowore to forgive and forget everything that happened while they were in the military.
While the two parted from their eventual reunion on amicable terms, it was clear Firestar could never fully forgive her.
In media interviews he had said that he’d probably done what Botham wanted, that he would have wanted him to forgive Guyger.
Solo Sikoa finally spoke for himself by repeating Heyman’s sentiments and saying he’ll never forgive Jey.
Willow may forgive Nina’s past mistakes and offer a clean slate if she makes it out of this ordeal alive.
Jey says he has let a lot of things slide but he doesn’t know if he can forgive Solo for stabbing his big brother in the back.
But I can forgive any drama in which Tamsin Greig plays a bottle blonde hard nut who effs and jeffs as if her life depended on it.
Cillian Murphy/Robert Oppenheimer are so attractive that we want to forgive or mitigate their sins.
Shah's defense attorney, Priya Chaudhry, said her client "cannot forgive herself" for what she did.
It said the decision to forgive the members was made in the interest of the party and the country.
The main trailer for release in the early 1990s, so forgive us for the quality not being stellar.
If either of you get elected president you can forgive my mortgage loan like you are going to forgive student loans.
Jackson said he would forgive those who insulted him, but he would never forgive the ones who had attacked his wife.
He never forgives himself-but suppose God would forgive him; then he might well have the goodness to forgive himself.
Forgive yourself for your shortcomings, give yourself permission to learn and compliment yourself for having experienced whatever it was.
Jackson said he would forgive those who insulted him, but he would never forgive the ones who attacked his wife.
Common combinations with forgive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to forgive 82×
- forgive the 21×
- forgive me 18×
- never forgive 16×
- forgive and 13×
- forgive us 11×
- forgive him 11×
- forgive you 10×
- and forgive 9×
- would forgive 9×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word forgive. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.