Could you forgive someone if they have not apologised for a wrong they have done to you?

About a year and a half ago I had a falling out with a friend, over his lousy attitude towards myself and others. He was too arrogant to admit that he was wrong and never really apologised for it.

I did try to talk to him about his attitude, telling him that he is behaving in an arrogant manner and is being too controlling and manipulative. But this only made him furious and unreasonable. He really did have this all or nothing approach to things, there was no middle ground or compromise whatsoever.

The closest I got was a sort of half apology with him saying “I’m sorry that you felt this way”. Which to me is not an apology, as he didn’t admit fault. I’ll never trust him ever again, nor be able to feel that he can be any sort of friend. But I forgave him anyway, to benefit myself from not holding a grudge. It has been said that forgiveness is the way to move forward in life. But at the same time, part of me feels that he really didn’t deserve forgiveness, he expressed no remorse whatsoever.