compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
the act of excusing a mistake or offense
The act of granting pardon for or remission of (something)
(se-lee-KHAH / se-lee-KHOHT) n. Forgiveness; esp. forgiveness by God. Forgiveness is obtained by exercising emunah in the sacrifice of Yeshua as the kapparah for your sins, and by evidencing wholehearted teshuvah or repentance in one's daily life. Selichot (pl) are prayers for forgiveness, esp. said during the “Days of Awe,” from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur.(kap-pah-RAH) n. Atonement. Forgiveness. A Yom Kippur custom is based on the idea of ransom, one life for another. After reciting from the Book of Job ( 33:23-24), a rooster (for men) or a hen (for women) is swung three times over the heads of the penitent and the following is said: “This is my exchange, this is my kapparah. This rooster is going to be killed, and I shall be admitted and allowed to a long, happy and peaceful life.
The remission of sin and guilt through the love of Christ. Forgiveness is given originally in baptism; forgiveness for continuing sin is reclaimed through repentance. As God has forgiven the sins of believers, so are Christians to forgive those who have sinned against them (Matt. 6:14, 15; 18:21-35; 1 John 1:9).
means the removing of our sin due to God's graciousness. This is all made possible through Christ (Ephesians 1:7). Read also Exodus 34:6-7 and Psalm 103:10-12. The New Testament makes it clear that the forgiven sinner must forgive others.
Forgiveness is a creation of the priesthood, founded on sin and devised to make men and women reliant upon priests and not upon themselves.
the gift God gave to reconcile us to Himself and others. His forgiveness can grace the relationship and help the WE grow stronger. Not forgiving keeps the WE from forming.
looking at our specialness with the Holy Spirit or Jesus, without guilt or judgment; our special function that shifts perception of another as " enemy" (special hate) or " savior-idol" (special love) to brother or friend, removing all projections of guilt from him; the expression of the miracle or vision of Christ, that sees all people united in the Sonship of God, looking beyond the seeming differences that reflect separation: thus, perceiving sin as real makes true forgiveness impossible; the recognition that what we thought was done to us we did to ourselves, since we are responsible for our scripts, and therefore only we can deprive ourselves of the peace of God: thus, we forgive others for what they have not done to us, not for what they have done. see: looking at the ego