forgive and forget en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To absolve somebody completely for a past wrongdoing; to pardon with neither resentment nor a view to retribution.
"We will go away in the yacht. Does it matter where we live, so long as we live for each other? Forgive and forget! Oh, Valeria, Valeria, forgive and forget!"
1875, Wilkie Collins, The law and the lady, page 33:'Not long before he died, the old man disowned him. Then a year and a half ago mom forgave and forgot.'
2002, Jack Womack, Going, Going, Gone, page 73:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forgives and forgets | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| forgiving and forgetting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forgave and forgot | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| forgiven and forgotten | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
es perdonar y olvidar (pardon without resentment) · ar غَفَرَ وَنَسِيَ (pardon without resentment)