It means that justice should involve a valuable degree of reconciliation and restrain.
The term was coined by Gandhi during the independence struggle in India. he implied the need to observe peace, and not to retaliate the violence, in line with the Roman maxim of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Gandhi advocated for peaceful methods of protesting British rule. he probably was inspired by the religious thoughts of Jesus Christ.
<span>Through his experiences as a slave he was not a man but property, however, after escaping and working in jobs of his own choosing he became a man in his own right. </span>