forgive Copy link Outline 1. ignosco, nōvi, nōtum, 32. condōno, dōno, 13. concēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (with dat. • forgive: 1. ignosco, nōvi, nōtum, 3: to f. out of kindness; to overlook: (the person forgiven in dat.; the offence in acc., or expr. by clause, also in dat.): I would that the immortal gods may f. both the Roman people and this order for this, hoc ignoscant dii immortales velim et populo R. et huic ordini, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13: to f. any one's faults, delicta alicui ig., Pl.: f. me for writing to you so much and so often, mihi ignoscas quod ad te scribo tam multa toties, Cic. Att. 7, 12, ad med.: to f. faults, vitiis ig., Hor. S. 1, 4, 131. Cic. Fam. 5, 12, init. (the acc. is preferred in the case of a neut. pron., but in other cases is rare: cf. L. G. § 253): an offence which ought to be f.n, culpa quae est ignoscenda, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 25: we will beg to be f.n, ignosci nobis postulabimur, Auct. Her. 2, 17, 25. 2. condōno, dōno, 1: v. to pardon, remit. 3. concēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (with dat.: to f. out of regard for): you forgave Marcellus out of consideration for the senate, Marcellum senatui contessisti, Cic. Lig. 12, 37: f.ing much out of regard for their bravery, multa virtuti eorum concedens, Caes. B. C. 3, 60. Phr.: to forgive any one for the past, aliquem venia donare [alicui veniam dare] in praeteritum, Suet. (v. to pardon): if you f. my error, si errori nostro album calculum adjeceris, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.