forgive: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 14 letter points · starts with F · ends with E
Meaning of forgive
verb
- transitive
To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
Example: Please forgive me if my phone goes off - I'm expecting an urgent call from my boss.
- transitive
To pardon (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
- transitive
To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
Example: Forgive a debt, that is, tell a debtor that a repayment of a loan is no longer needed.
- intransitive
To accord forgiveness.
Listed forms: forgives, forgiving, forgave, forgiven.
Source: Wiktionary — forgive.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is forgive in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of forgive
F(4) + O(1) + R(1) + G(2) + I(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of forgive
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from forgive
58 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in forgive. Showing up to 24, longest first.