The Warmth of Forgiveness

3. A person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves; often unlikely to apologize.
4. A special anniversary of an event, especially one celebrating twenty-five or fifty years of a reign; a time of debt forgiveness.
5. A steroid hormone that regulates a wide range of processes throughout the body, including metabolism and the immune response; the stress hormone.
8. The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
10. Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly; the "poison" we drink expecting the other to die.
14. Subject to chance; occurring or existing only if certain other circumstances are the case.
15. Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment; feeling morally superior in your anger.
17. A rope or chain with which an animal is tied to restrict its movement; a bond that holds you back.
18. Relating to the conducting of business or exchange; giving something only to get something in return.
19. To think deeply about something; metaphorically chewing the cud of negative thoughts over and over.

1. A very steep rock face or cliff, typically a tall one; the edge of the new year.
2. Deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something); what we do to ourselves when we hold grudges.
6. A book or other collection of financial accounts; a record of debts and wrongs we keep in our heads.
7. A strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway; a point of entry or beginning.
9. Performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another.
11. An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses; a general act of forgiveness.
12. Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect; a gut reaction.
13. Tending to cause damage or destruction slowly, like acid or rust eating away at metal.
15. A property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion; the resistance to change.
16. The action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication.