The quality of NOT INSISTING on the last inch of what you are owed — yieldingness, forbearance, equity. Greek legal writers used it of the judge who declines to press the letter of a law against its spirit, which is the nearest thing to a definition. No English word covers it: 'moderation' (KJV), 'gentleness', 'reasonableness' are all approximations. Philippians 4:5 asks that it be known to everyone, and then says why: 'the Lord is near.' → first discussed at Philippians 4:5