English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "vergewe" is om kwytskelding te gee vir of om op te hou om wrok te voel teen iemand wat jou verontreg of seergemaak het. Dit kan ook beteken om enige eis op straf prys te gee of om 'n skuld of verpligting te kanselleer. Oor die algemeen behels vergifnis om negatiewe gevoelens soos woede, bitterheid of gegriefdheid te laat vaar teenoor iemand wat jou benadeel of beledig het, en kies om vorentoe te beweeg met deernis en begrip.

Synonyms

  1. exonerative
  2. absolvitory

Sentence Examples

  1. The thought of forgiving his former friend, finding acceptance in his heart, reaching out for his friendship once more, are all overshadowed by the humiliation he still clings to.
  2. Those in the employ of the powerful were less than forgiving of anyone who tried to upset the system.
  3. How he longed to fill his nostrils with her perfumed fragrance and slide dreamily down the scented trail of her smooth barley-coloured skin to lose himself in the forgiving forgetfulness of pleasure.
  4. Good-natured, confiding, and forgiving as I had been, I became revengeful, cunning, and wicked, or rather, immovable as fate.
  5. While I was resolute in my decision to spend the rest of my life devoted to protecting others, I was still working on forgiving myself for ignoring a premonition.
  6. Being superior to physical suffering, it sometimes chanced that they were superior to any consolation which the missionaries could offer and the law to do as you would be done by fell with less persuasiveness on the ears of those who, for their part, did not care how they were done by, who loved their enemies after a new fashion, and came very near freely forgiving them all they did.
  7. You have thoughtful, knowledgeable opinions yet listen with an open mind and forgiving heart.
  8. I messed up a lot, but people were forgiving because I was new.