Forgiveness requires the wronged party to voluntarily release justified resentment; excusing requires recognizing the wrongdoer lacked moral responsibility. These are categorically different.
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Voluntarily(as used in discussions of free will and responsibility)
By your own free choice, without being forced or compelled by something outside yourself.
Wronged party(as used in ethics)
The person who was harmed or treated unfairly by someone else's actions.
moral responsibility(The author argues for a pluralistic understanding rather than a Kantian-exclusive one)
A normative concept whose scope is contested; the passage implies it encompasses at least Kantian notions (centered on individual rational agency) and other notions (potentially sociological, collective, or non-individualist in character)
resentment(Proposed within the no-priority view discussion of wrongness)
A specific form of anger conceptually restricted to cases that are founded on moral reasons, particularly wrongness.
wrongdoer(as used in ethics)
A person who has done something morally or legally wrong; someone who has committed an offense or harmful act.