συγγνώμην ἔχειν
From LSJ
Ὅρκον δὲ φεῦγε καὶ δικαίως κἀδίκως (κἂν δικαίως ὀμνύῃς) → Iurare fugias, vere, falso, haud interest → Zu schwören meide, gleich ob richtig oder falsch
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
pardon, admit of extenuation, be defensible, be excusable, be pardonable, to admit of excuse