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glossary

Force

1. The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power. 2. Power made operative against resistance; exertion. 3. The use of physical power or violence to compel or restrain. 4. Intellectual power or vigor, especially as conveyed in writing or speech. 5. Moral strength. 6. A capacity for affecting the mind or behavior; efficacy. 6. One that possesses such capacity: the forces of evil. 7. A body of persons or other resources organized or available for a certain purpose: a large labor force. 8. A person or group capable of influential action: a retired senator who is still a force in national politics. 9. Military strength. 10. A vector quantity that tends to produce an acceleration of a body in the direction of its application. Newton’s second law of motion states that a free body accelerates in the direction of the applied force and that its acceleration is directly proportional to the force and inversely proportional to its mass. 11. Power; exerted strength or impetus; intense effort. 12. Cause or produce by effort. 13. Attain by strength or effort. 14. Seek to demand quick results from; accelerate the process of. 15. Energy with some direction. 16. Guided by the paradigm, force is what impels the particles and energy into space and time which causes something to manifest. 17. The quality and quantity of force alone determine the velocity of manifestation of an idea, plan or vision.

Forgive

1. To cease to project blame and release feelings of anger, resentment, grief, etc. towards a real or perceived offender or perpetrator. 2. The result of fully releasing the trapped emotional energy from a perpetration or violation. 3. To relent, give up, and stop wanting to punish or exact retribution. 4. To absolve a debt from payment. 5. To grant pardon for a mistake, absolve of penalty, free from obligation.

Forgiveness

1. The act of forgiveness. 2. The state of being forgiven. 3. The disposition of being willing to forgive. 4. The intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings. 4. A legal term for absolving or giving up all claims on account of debt, loan, obligation, or other claims. 5. Clemency offered by the victor to the vanquished in a struggle, fight or military engagement. 6. Often granted without any expectation of Restorative Justice, and without any response on the part of the offender. 7. If there is an ongoing relationship that both parties wish to continue and even strengthen, it may be necessary for the offender to offer some form of acknowledgment, an apology, make token amends, or even just ask for forgiveness, in order for the wronged person to forgive fully. 8. Most religions include teachings on the virtue of forgiveness of one another and the need to find some sort of divine forgiveness for their own shortcomings. 9. From a psychological viewpoint, letting go of resentment, bitterness, blame, retribution, vengeance, anger, and hostility towards people who are perceived to have harmed or perpetrated has a positive impact on all their relationships, their physical health, and overall wellbeing. it often takes a crisis or near death experience for people to let go, which can have a rejuvenating and anti-aging effect.

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