To remit (a debt); to give up resentment or claim to requital for, pardon (an offence). Const. with simple object.

transitive. To let away, let go from consideration. Hence. To remit, pardon.

transitive. To let (an offence) go unpunished; to disregard; to avoid mentioning or considering. Also †intransitive: to go unpunished (obsolete rare).

transitive. To abstain from visiting (a sin, etc.) with due punishment; to forgive or pardon.

transitive. To forgive or pardon (a sin, offence, etc.).

intransitive. To deal dispensatorily, to use dispensatory power; to grant dispensation or relaxation… simply, or with in. (Originally in reference…

To allow to pass out of mind; to forgive; to forgo. Obsolete.

= condone, v.

transitive. To forgive or overlook (an offence), so as to treat it as non-existent; esp. to forgive… in ordinary use.

intransitive. To pass over, ignore, overlook. Now rare.