Forgive - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 04/02/2025

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Forgive.

7 letter answer(s) to forgive

  1. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"

6 letter answer(s) to forgive

  1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
  2. a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
  3. a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
  4. accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
  5. ask for permission to be released from an engagement
  6. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
  7. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
  8. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
  9. serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep
  1. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  2. accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
  3. grant a pardon to; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"
  4. the act of excusing a mistake or offense
  5. the formal act of liberating someone

Frequently asked questions about ‘Forgive’

What's the best solution for Forgive?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Forgive is EXCUSE. Other possible answers include CONDONE, PARDON.

How many solutions are there for Forgive?

We have found 3 possible answers for the crossword clue Forgive.

Which crosswords feature clues like Forgive?

Clues like Forgive often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Observer Everyman, The Observer Speedy, Daily Mail Cryptic, The i Paper, The Daily Telegraph GK, among others.


Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Forgive'

ClueAnswers
See 717
Excuse5
Pardon4
What did you say?2
WHAT?2
Absolve - condone1
Academic, after charge reviewed, is sorry1
Allow to go unpunished1
Condone1
Condone; forgive1
Defence1
Excuse - excuse me!1
Excuse criminal getting cheated1
Excuse criminal no more1
Excuse made by average teacher at university1
Excuse signal -- charge to be overturned1
Excuse starts in 5, 4, 3, 2, 11
Excuse to knock up an academic1
Extremely sensitive after former copper has reason to justify offence1
Forgive (an offence)1
Forgive (bad behaviour)1
Forgive academic scoring well on a golf course!1
Forgive former partner’s hint about son1
Forgive old copper's error, initially1
Forgive scam performed1
Forgive swindle perpetrated1
Forgiveness1
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer accepting America's apology1
Former copper starts to set everyone free1
I didn't catch that release1
It's sometimes begged1
Make allowances for1
Mitigate; forgive1
Nod once1
Overlook scam, finished1
Overlook tip of extremely cross-sounding waiters1
Overlook trick performed1
Overlook, as something th1
Overlook, forgive1
Pardon prisoner executed1
Prisoner put on parole ultimately gets pardon1
Rationalization1
Release from (a duty)1
Say that again?1
Sentence ender1
Sorry fellow, below standard1
Standard fellow, eh?1
What is an average round of golf by Trump, in short?1
What kind of academic follows standard from St Andrews' course?1
What prisoner might long for, eh?1

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