Bible Dictionaries
Forgive

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.

(2):

(v. t.) To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; - said of the person offending.

(3):

(v. t.) To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; - said in reference to the act forgiven.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Forgive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/forgive.html. 1828.