What is FORGIVENESS???

Ephesians 4:15-32 (New International Version)

15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
Living as Children of Light
17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.20You, however, did not come to know Christ that way.21Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26"In your anger do not sin"[a]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold. 28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Forgiveness is not forgetting
Forgiving is not condoning
Forgiving is not excusing
Forgiving is not absolving
Forgiving is not reconciling
Forgiving is not easy.
Forgiving is not simple

Romans Chapter 8 states: “Now there is therefore no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, for the law
of the Spirit is life in Christ Jesus who has set us free from
the law of sin and death.”

Forgiveness is not a passive
tolerance. Without a keen moral sense of right and wrong,
forgiveness would have no content, nor would it ever be
needed. To forgive involves recognizing both the moral
worth of the other and the moral wrong he or she committed.
Moral violations in relationships are wrong. To deny moral
wrongdoings in an attitude of “judge not lest you be judged”
is as self demeaning as it is unhealthy. It is a denial of
personal dignity, both in ourselves and in others.