Definition of "forgives" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forgive. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "A victim who "forgives" at this point is staying in a situation in which s/he will continue to be viewed as an object that can be harmed without impunity by the perpetrator."
• "I think that if the government acquires your loan in a bailout and "forgives" part of the debt, there should be an excise tax on any gain made in the future by the home owner."
• "I certainly thought the ending, in which Will 'forgives' his mother for the same transgression that was allegedly his reason for attacking his ex, suggested that when free of the ghosts' influence, Will isn't inclined towards misogyny."