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Manwë was such a purely good being that he was incapable of any injustice; revoking the opportunity for Melkor to repent and be redeemed would have been unjust. Was it even within Manwë's rights to do so? Manwë and Melkor were coequal beings -- at least, neither of them were of a greater order of being with an inherent right to subject the other. Manwë's was not the ultimate will in itself; he was only a servant of that ultimate will. Melkor's place in Ëa made him answerable, not to Manwë, but to Eru himself, even if it was Manwë who expressed Eru's thoughts.
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Very interesting oblo, but the fact remains that one who has pure intentions like Manwë is not infallible, only Ilúvatar is. I know that he had noble intentions, but having noble intentions and purposes disables the ability of making mistakes, I think not.
You do have a point with the pardon of Melkor by Manwë.