Self-forgiveness

GLOSSARY

The willingness to abandon self-resentment in the face of one’s own acknowledged objective wrong, while fostering compassion, generosity, and love toward oneself. See also forgiveness. Contrast with self-compassion.

Reference:

Enright, R. D. (1996). Counseling within the forgiveness triad: On forgiving, receiving forgiveness, and self‐forgiveness. Counseling and Values, 40(2), 107-126. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-007X.1996.tb00844.x