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What is another word for
forgive
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To forgive (someone) for a fault or offense
To request that one tolerate another's foibles, ignorance, or impoliteness
To deliberately ignore (something that is generally frowned on)
To resolve, or work towards resolving an issue or conflict
Verb
▲
To forgive (someone) for a fault or offense
pardon
acquit
excuse
absolve
exonerate
amnesty
remit
condone
exculpate
let off
pity
bear no malice towards
grant an amnesty to
make allowances for
not hold something against
accept apology
bury the hatchet
bury the hatchet with
feel no malice towards
feel no resentment towards
go easy on
harbour no grudge against
stop feeling malice towards
stop feeling resentful towards
let off the hook
turn a blind eye to
turn a deaf ear to
bear no malice
forgive and forget
let bygones be bygones
let it go
turn other cheek
let off easy
kiss and make up
think no more of
wipe slate clean
free
release
reprieve
spare
clear
discharge
show mercy to
let go
whitewash
have mercy on
exempt
deal leniently with
be merciful to
look the other way
vindicate
justify
liberate
overlook
shrive
atone
be lenient to
make allowance for
let someone off with
let something ride
dismiss
purge
deliver
relieve
sanitize
US
sanitise
UK
show forgiveness
be lenient on
let it go by
have pity on
accept
discount
save
disburden
give dispensation to
give amnesty to
be easy on
declare innocent
find innocent
find not guilty
drop charges against
pronounce not guilty
give indulgence to
let off hook
spring
loose
set free
rationalize
US
unguilt
extenuate
wink at
blink at
disculpate
write off
explain
wipe the slate clean
rationalise
UK
forbear
cleanse
redeem
give absolution
make excuses for
grant amnesty
apologize for
pass over
take rap for
be merciful
bail out
be lenient
grant a pardon to
refrain from hurting
purify
expiate
give quarter to
give a break
pull out of the fire
cut someone some slack
leave uninjured
leave unpunished
not harm
get off the hook
get out of hock
leave unhurt
grant pardon to
leave unharmed
lustrate
unburden
sanctify
atone for
free from
let out
warrant
legitimize
US
merit
licence
US
license
UK
authorize
US
permit
qualify
emancipate
authorise
UK
be grounds for
legitimise
UK
unchain
bail
manumit
enfranchise
uncage
unfetter
unbind
unshackle
disenthrall
disenthral
disimprison
enlarge
be a reason for
parole
set loose
let loose
turn loose
be a defence of
be good reason for
be a justification for
call for
offer grounds for
explain away
entitle one to
dispense
grandfather
give immunity
grant immunity
wipe the slate
extricate
unleash
unyoke
unbridle
rescue
free from restraint
cut loose
demobilize
US
disencumber
free from restriction
unlock
turn out
give rights to
ransom
loosen
affranchise
put on the street
demobilise
UK
disengage
untie
release conditionally
release on parole
give terms
allow to go
allow to leave
send away
more ❯
“But he had never truly been in love before, either, so we will
forgive
him his mistakes as well.”
Verb
▲
To request that one tolerate another's foibles, ignorance, or impoliteness
condone
accept
excuse
bear
understand
allow
brook
endure
indulge
sanction
pardon
permit
tolerate
allow for
bear with
laugh off
put up with
accept apology for
make allowance
go along with
make allowances for
“So far as legal aid is concerned, would your Lordship
forgive
my ignorance, I still have to ask for detail, an order for detailed assessment.”
Verb
▲
To deliberately ignore (something that is generally frowned on)
condone
overlook
ignore
discount
disregard
overpass
whitewash
forget
turn a blind eye to
brush aside
brush off
gloss over
gloze over
wink at
blink at
connive at
deliberately ignore
let go
let pass
paper over
pass over
shrug off
close your eyes to
not take into consideration
take no notice of
take no account of
excuse
pardon
remit
make light of
pay no attention to
let something ride
neglect
dismiss
bypass
minimize
US
minimise
UK
slur over
shut eyes to
pay no mind
tune out
live with
pay no heed to
look the other way
turn a deaf ear to
enable
tolerate
downplay
soft-pedal
slight
reject
sweep under the carpet
varnish over
sweep under the rug
de-emphasize
treat as unimportant
deal rapidly with
omit
pooh-pooh
treat lightly
shake off
unheed
blank
contemn
unmind
connive
miss
let off easy
send to Coventry
leave out of account
brush away
leave be
turn a deaf ear
turn a blind eye
laugh off
write off
cold-shoulder
not listen
set aside
spare
sink
bury
stomach
take
put up with
grin and bear it
look past
be oblivious to
make allowances for
let bygones be bygones
stand for
turn blind eye to
roll with punches
let someone off with
bear with
swim with the tide
go along with
let something slide
wipe slate clean
play past
skip
spurn
leave out
drop
forgo
dispense with
exclude
avoid
repudiate
waive
refuse
abandon
turn your back on
discard
pass by
pay no attention
decline
put out of your mind
snub
cut
leave well enough alone
put aside
leave alone
miss out
pass up
turn down
give something a miss
put behind you
flout
renounce
pretermit
overleap
pass
never mind
eschew
elide
cast aside
let be
let alone
leave in peace
think no more of
blot out
play down
fail to notice
turn back on
stop thinking about
consign to oblivion
leave somebody to himself or herself
lose sight of
erase from your mind
get off someone's back
throw out
leave off
scoff at
blank over
shut out
cut out
skip over
dispel
desert
fail
forsake
shirk
misheed
evade
deny
rebuff
wink
discharge
veto
forget about
disdain
lay aside
push aside
disapprove
leave something undone
sweep aside
look through
not attend to
be lax about
nix
reprobate
deselect
suppress
fail to look after
take no notice
pay no mind to
pay little attention to
be remiss about
negative
be derelict
be indifferent
be careless
not take into account
be remiss
have done with
wave aside
abstain from
do without
block out
cease to remember
erase from memory
steer clear of
balk at
say no to
pretend not to notice
leave somebody to his/her own devices
blank out
refuse to acknowledge
put in the past
fail to include
dismiss from mind
cease to think of
pay no heed
take out
not buy
not worry about
banish from one's thoughts
not give another thought to
disbelieve
dissimulate
sneeze at
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undersell
chop
doubt
leave
delete
withgo
palliate
erase
leave to yourself
indulge
deodorise
UK
deodorize
US
override
take lightly
have no use for
disqualify
give no credence to
take with a pinch of salt
not hear of
turn away
throw over
take no heed of
allow to happen
not choose
not take
let it go
turn blind eye
turn deaf ear
except
let off
bury the hatchet
give absolution
suspend charges
grant a pardon to
grant amnesty
leave behind
trample on
defer
pour cold water on
shut one's eyes to
close one's eyes to
treat with contempt
close your eyes
throw cold water on
be oblivious
plead ignorance
cancel
go away
get off someone's case
underestimate
scant
depreciate
postpone
procrastinate
put to one side
bury one's head in sand
ride roughshod over
preclude
banish
close one's mind to
eliminate
bar
shelve
skimp on
fast forward
skim over
not care for
think little of
procrastinate over
cross out
rule out
shut the door on
withhold
prohibit
belittle
avoid considering
not dwell on
scout
relegate
despise
not care
overshoot
trivialize
US
fail to care for
have nothing to do with
throw to the winds
keep your distance
be remiss in
trifle with
be irresponsible
keep at arm's length
be negligent
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
trivialise
UK
fail to see
fail to spot
fail to observe
let slip
reckon without
not bother
count out
fail to mention
factor out
relinquish
kiss off
put away
fail to anticipate
fail to take account of
knock back
shun
cock a snook at
have no time for
laugh away
repress
fail to remember
not remember
fiddle while Rome burns
throw away
lose track of
pass on
not heed
render needless
repress one's memory of
withhold from
desist from
refrain from
give the thumbs down to
baulk at
shy from
not accept
not take advantage of
sit on one's hands
sit on one's thumbs
more ❯
“But what is harder to
forgive
than the folly of youth is the sight of the game's senior figures acting like petulant, paranoid brats.”
Verb
▲
To resolve, or work towards resolving an issue or conflict
make peace
conciliate
appease
mollify
pacify
reconcile
placate
forget
make up
kiss and make up
be reconciled
fall upon each other's necks
resolve differences
bury the hatchet
come to terms with
accept apology
bear no malice
end a quarrel
forgive and forget
hold out the olive branch
let bygones be bygones
make a peace offering
smoke the peace pipe
wipe slate clean
assuage
propitiate
compose
reconciliate
reunite
mediate
arbitrate
intercede
mitigate
cool
fix up
smooth out
patch up
come together
make harmonious
bring back together again
restore harmony between
repair
resolve differences between
restore friendly relations between
re-establish
make peace between
patch things up
make matters up
bring back together
bring together
restore harmony
bring to terms
make peaceful
restore harmony to
get together on
re-establish friendly relations between
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