Picture forgive as your grip on something someone owes you — the anger, the grudge, even a debt — and choosing to stop holding it against them.
From the word’s history
From Old English forgiefan 'give up, remit (a debt), pardon' — for- 'completely' + giefan 'to give'. To forgive is literally to give the thing owed away completely, whether it is money or a wrong done to you.
來自古英語 forgiefan，「放棄、免除（債務）、赦免」；for- 是「完全地」，giefan 就是 give「給」。所以 forgive 字面上是「把這筆帳完全給出去」——不管欠的是錢，還是對你做過的錯事。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/forgive)
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
forgiveverb/fə(ɹ)ˈɡɪv/
- 1
To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
- Please forgive me if my phone goes off - I'm expecting an urgent call from my boss.
- Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
- 2
To pardon (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
- Forgive these wild and wandering cries, Confusions of a wasted youth; Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise.
- ... to forgive their crimes.
- 3
To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
- Forgive a debt, that is, tell a debtor that a repayment of a loan is no longer needed.
- In several months you’re likely to have a clearer picture on how your state intends to treat your forgiven PPP loan and the deductibility of your business expenses not just for tax year 2020 but also tax year 2021.
- 4
To accord forgiveness.
- The brave know only how to forgive […] A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
- 5
To look past; to look beyond.
- The music critic loves the instrumentation of the song so much that he can forgive the confusing lyrics.
- 6
To redeem; to offset the bad effects of something.
- Okay, a good hook forgives everything.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。