Some people deserve forgiveness from a distance.

Forgiveness is about what you carry, not about what access you grant. You can release the anger, stop replaying it, and genuinely wish someone no harm, all without resuming a relationship that would put you back where you started. Those are separate decisions and they get confused constantly.

If you have been withholding forgiveness because it felt like it would require reconciliation, notice that it does not. Let go of the weight and keep the distance. Both can be true at once.