Definition of forgive, according to the dictionary is:
1 a : to give up resentment of or claim to requital for <forgive an insult> b : to grant relief from payment of <forgive a debt>
2 : to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) :
It really should be called :"resentness"....to give up resenting, not to PARDON someone. Two completely different words.