No Matter How You Say It: Forgiveness
Word Origin
Forgive comes from the Old English forgiefan. It was a compound word combining the prefix meaning “up” or “away” with the word meaning “to give”. Can you see how forgiveness is giving up a claim against someone?
Sign Language
Can you see how forgiveness brushes away a hurt? For bitter, there are two signs. One for bitter as in taste and the other is resentment. The taste is one jab at your chin. Resentment is multiple jabs at your chin. Can you see how resentment hurts yourself?
Forgiveness Idioms
Be a new person
Be the bigger person
Bury the Hatchet
Extend grace
Forgive and Forget
Have a forgiving heart
Hold no ill will
Learn from your mistakes
Leave the past in the dust
Let bygones be bygones
Let go of the past
Move on
Not hold a grudge
Offer an olive branch
Put the past behind you
Start with a clean slate
Take the high road
Turn a blind eye
Turn the other cheek
Wash your hands of something
Water under the Bridge
Wipe the slate clean
In Other Words
Mercy
Release
Clemency
Lenience
Pardoning
Letting it Go
Understanding
Tolerance
Reconciliation
