"It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own." Jessamyn West Yes, indulgence is facilitated when the person you must forgive knows some of your sins. However, I wonder, what is the relationship between forgiveness and mercy? Although they are related concepts, they are not similar. In any case, being lenient can also be an expression of injustice when there is condescension motivated by the complicity of guilt. Image by Christian Dorn on Pixabay