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forgetful adj. amnesiac; absent-minded, distracted, abstracted,<br />

inattentive, preoccupied, neglectful, negligent, careless, lax,<br />

dreamy, dreaming, in dreamland, in the clouds, in<br />

cloud-cuckoo-land or cloud-land or Nephelococcygia, remote,<br />

distrait(e), Colloq not turned on, turned off, out of it:<br />

Franklin is so forgetful he'd lose his head if it weren't<br />

stitched on.<br />

forgive v. 1 pardon, excuse, allow, make allowance(s) for, indulge,<br />

condone, vindicate; overlook, ignore, disregard, pay no<br />

attention to, pass over, US slough over: Please forgive my<br />

curiosity, but where did you get that hat? 2 clear, acquit,<br />

absolve, exculpate, exonerate; spare; Colloq let off: Father,<br />

forgive them, for they know not what they do. 3 cancel, waive,<br />

abolish, void, nullify, erase, delete; Colloq let off (the<br />

hook): Her dream was to awake one day and find all her debts<br />

forgiven.<br />

forgiveness<br />

n. 1 pardon, reprieve, absolution, remission, acquittal,<br />

acquittance, amnesty, allowance, vindication, exculpation,<br />

exoneration, Archaic shrift: Oh, Lord, I ask forgiveness for my<br />

sins. 2 mercy, mercifulness, compassion, grace, leniency,<br />

clemency, indulgence, tolerance: He begged her forgiveness for<br />

the way he had treated her.<br />

forgiving adj. tolerant, lenient, sparing, forbearing, merciful,<br />

compassionate, conciliatory, magnanimous, humane, soft-hearted,<br />

clement: In a forgiving mood, the judge gave her a light<br />

sentence.<br />

forgo<br />

v. 1 give up, renounce, forswear, forsake, abandon, do or go<br />

without, sacrifice, eliminate, omit, leave out or alone, cede,<br />

waive; avoid, shun, eschew, abstain from, turn down, pass up,<br />

deny (oneself): His new diet requires him to forgo all dairy<br />

produce. 2 resign, give up, yield, surrender, relinquish, cede,<br />

waive, renounce, forswear, abdicate, abandon: Did he not forgo<br />

all right to the throne by marrying a commoner?<br />

forlorn adj. 1 miserable, wretched, desolate, woebegone, lost,<br />

pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, woeful, cheerless, joyless,<br />

unhappy, depressed, sad, desolate, disconsolate, gloomy,

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