forgive
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
I forgave him his infidelity
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pardoner derivation
Sense 2 verb
absolve from payment
I forgive you your debt
Types & categories
- exempt hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pardoner |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | concede |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | condone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absolve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absolve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pardon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pardon |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | exempt |