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the flex of forgiving someone you could've crushed instead.
means The quality of being generous, noble, and forgiving in spirit, especially toward those weaker than you or those who've wronged you.
from Straight from Latin: magnus, 'great,' fused with animus, 'soul' or 'spirit' — literally 'great-souledness.' The Romans borrowed the idea from the Greek megalopsychia, Aristotle's term for the virtue of the person too grand to stoop to petty grudges. So the word has always carried the same boast baked into its bones: a soul big enough that it can afford to be gracious.
- latin roots
- magnus animus, literally a great soul
- aristotle approved
- he called it the crown of all virtues
- power move
- only the strong can afford to be generous
- opposite
- pusillanimity, having a tiny shriveled soul
nelson mandela's forgiveness — released after 27 years in prison, he forgave his jailers and appointed his former oppressor f.w. de klerk as vice president of south africa in 1994