forgave

for-gave · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense of "forgive": stopped feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake.

  2. 2.

    Past tense of "forgive": canceled a debt or obligation.

Related words

Antonyms: blamed, condemned
See also: forgive, forgiven, forgiveness
Synonyms: absolved, excused, pardoned

Etymology

Past tense of Old English forgiefan ("to give, grant, forgive"), from for- (intensive prefix) + giefan ("to give"). The past tense form follows the strong verb pattern of Old English.