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the alibi the universe writes for everyone who refuses to take the blame.
means the conditions and surrounding facts that shape a situation, often determining what is possible or excusable within it.
from From Latin circumstantia, 'a standing around,' built from circum- ('around') and stare ('to stand') — literally the things that stand around an event. It came into English through Old French in the medieval period, carrying the image of facts encircling a deed like onlookers ringing a fight in the street.
- latin root
- circumstare means to stand around, like a nosy crowd
- legal weight
- circumstantial evidence convicts without anyone seeing the crime
- royal pomp
- pomp and circumstance debuted long before any graduation
- grammar twin
- a circumstance literally surrounds the moment it describes