This etymological analysis of the word ‘forgive’ defines different interpretations in the meaning of this word as it used in modern society. ‘Forgive’ is a word that is often associated with a pardon for a previous transgression that committed against the person that is forgiving another individual. Usually, forgiving another person involves pardoning them from an emotional or physical harm that was done by an aggressor. This is a more common way to forgive another person for committing a harm, yet there are other versions of ‘forgive’ that involve financial pardons. A n individual may be forgiven for getting into debt by the government of a creditor, which involves forgiving a debt that cannot be repaid. This definition of “forgive’ defines …show more content…
This form of forgiveness is a business transaction that involves a creditor absolving the debtor from paying back a debt. Dictionary.com defines this aspects of forgiveness as a financial pardoning of debts: “To give up all claim on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.) (Dictionary.com para.2). In this manner, forgiveness has nothing to do with an emotional pardon, but it is more related to relieving a financial burden of a debt by the creditor. For instance, a banking institution has given a loan to a local business, which has failed to successfully pay back the loan. Due to a bad economy, the government may allow the business to declare bankruptcy, which would forgive the individual owner(s) of the business for not paying back the loan. Under these dire circumstances, the government and the bank may forgive the loan (and the recurring interest that ahs been accruing on the loan) due to the impossibility of the debtor paying back the loan. This is an important interpretation of forgiveness, since it is often utilized in business or financial language as a way to relieve the debt of an individual. This is why the word ‘forgive” is primarily asking the creditor to “give up all claims” on the debt in order to resolve an extremely difficult financial circumstance. At first, a creditor or banker may not understand the emotional definition of …show more content…
The word ‘forgive’ is primarily used as way for an individual to resolve resentment and anger at a person that has committed an emotional or physical transgression against another person. This type of forgiveness is part of letting go of anger and by not blaming another person for a behavior that has harmed them. Many people have forgiven another person for harming them, since the aggressor may not always know what he or she is doing during a tense moment. In contrast to the emotional definition of “forgive’, an individual may forgive a financial debt to another individual due to irrevocable circumstances. Forgiveness, in this case, involves reliving the burden of financially debt, which is primarily used in the business community as way to absolve business obligations. Therefore, forgiveness can be used on a personal emotional level to absolve anger, resentment, or blame, but it can also be utilized to absolve the debt creditors in financial institutions. These are the diverse ways in which the word ’forgive’ can be interpreted in the emotional and business-orientated ways in which an individual can absolve blame or resentment against a transgressor that fails to meet an expected