to forgive, to pardon, to excuse / to allow, to permit

cruel

cruelty

hang

action, act / conduct

absolute, certain / unlimited

absoluteness, an absolute, unlimitedness

neck / counter for songs and poems / beginning, first

neck (part of the body connecting head and torso) / the neck and head as a whole / dismissal from employment

(archaic) one who rules or commands a group of people: a chief