forgive vs ignore

forgive

verb
  • To pardon; to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment, retribution, or compensation. 

  • To accord forgiveness. 

ignore

verb
  • To pretend to not notice someone or something. 

  • To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. 

How often have the words forgive and ignore occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )