Forgive vs Overlook - What's the difference?
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To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.
To accord forgiveness.
To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of
Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly
To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking.
To pretend not to have noticed, especially a mistake; to pass over without censure or punishment.
As verbs the difference between forgive and overlook
is that forgive is to pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment while overlook is to look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of.As a noun overlook is
a vista or point that gives a beautiful view.forgive
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Verb
- Only the brave know how to forgive'''...A coward never '''forgave ; it is not in his nature. -
Derived terms
* *overlook
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(en verb)- to overlook a valley from a hill
- to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter