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Shona Definition
Hazvibatsiri kutsvaga kuripira munhu wawakatadzira iwe woona kuti atofa. Kutaridza tsitsi kumunhu wawatadzira zvinobaya mwoyo kunenge kumudadira. Kazhinji muripo unouyiswa mushure mokuita kwoutsinye hauna chaunoyamura.
English Translation
There is nothing to be gained by trying to settle accounts with someone you wronged once that person is already dead. Compensation brought after the cruelty has been done helps nobody, and the show of pity can even look like contempt for the one you injured.
Cultural Context
“Applied to any belated display of remorse or restitution offered only after the harm has already been inflicted.”
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