The phrase “to forgive someone“ confuses me. If you want to accept, no longer demand anything be said or done and move on wiser—and this is your definition of

The phrase “to forgive someone“ confuses me. If you want to accept, no longer demand anything be said or done and move on wiser—and this is your definition of forgiveness—then I can understand that. But forgiving someone implies you do, say or treat someone a certain way. Most of the posts imply the opposite. I generally accept someone’s destructive past actions without demanding an apology and then move on with newfound caution and anger-dissolved-into-disappointment regarding that person, but would you say that is “forgiving someone”?