FORGIVENESS

• The willingness to give up all hope for a better past.
• A state of mind relating to a past injurious conduct rooted in the recognition of the shared human capacity for wrongdoing under the influence of suffering (i.e., “There but for the grace of God go I”).
[Note: The first (remarkable) definition is shamelessly plagiarized from a bumper sticker.]
See also: Compassion, Hope