Synonyms for forgives
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1. List of paraphrases for "forgives":

   forgive, pardons

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1. Dag Hammarskjld:

   Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.

2. Alden Nowlan:

   The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult the day he forgives himself he becomes wise.

3. Lawana Blackwell:

   Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

4. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists":

   Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.

5. W. G. Morrice:

   Christians rejoice because God is their heavenly Father who forgives the penitent, because God sent his Son into the world for the salvation of all who have faith, because Jesus Christ not only died but was raised again from the dead and because joy is one of the ninefold fruits of the Spirit.