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    It is not the case that Retaining resentment while forswearing revenge is compatible with continued contempt, diminished goodwill, and relational estrangement — states paradigmatically absent in paradigm cases of forgiveness.

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    • 1.Forgiveness is fundamentally about releasing the wrongdoer from moral debt, not requiring emotional warmth or relational repair.
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    • 2.Many mature forgiveness cases involve firm boundaries and reduced contact while genuinely abandoning resentment—estrangement compatible with forgiveness.
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    • 3.The claim conflates necessary conditions (no revenge) with sufficient ones; retained contempt may coexist with genuine forgiveness of the act.
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    • 1.Forgiveness requires restoration of positive regard; mere renunciation of revenge leaves the relational damage intact.
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    • 2.Paradigm forgiveness cases (parent forgiving child) involve reconciliation; resentment + estrangement describe non-forgiveness.
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    • 3.Psychological evidence shows retained resentment activates stress responses incompatible with genuine forgiveness states.
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