To yield/ give up/ be lenient/ act with forbearance
He was impervious to his honor. He did not behave in a manner that offended personal honor. He forgave the insult to his subjects.
("And I did not stand on my standards - as Rava said: Everyone who transgresses his standards transgresses from him all his sins, as it is said (Micah 7) He bears iniquity and transgresses upon iniquity, for whom he bears iniquity - for whom he transgresses upon iniquity (he forgives the transgression committed by his own hands)" - reveals the power of the Almighty, and so: "But the one who transgresses his standards transgresses upon him all his sins His sins, and in the measure that a man measures, he measures" - Pela Yoetz, Ot A, and so on: "And my brother, my brother Elijah, passed over his measures at once, and a smile appeared on his lips from the eyes of a laughing girl" - Peace be upon you/ Like Trielievka, his children, spitting, and so on: "After them came Gilboa the writer, and with him Mentelzek the painter, who passed over his measures and did not tarry with her "Anchoring/Thirty-sixth Hour, 191)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶעֱבִיר עַל מִידּוֹתָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
מָחַל עַל כְּבוֹדוֹ. לֹא נָהַג בְּגִנּוּנֵי כָּבוֹד אִישִׁיִּים. הִתְיַחֵס בְּסַלְחָנוּת לָעֶלְבּוֹן כְּלַפָּיו.
("וְלֹא עָמַדְתִּי עַל מִדּוֹתַי - דְּאָמַר רַבָּא: כָּל הַמַּעֲבִיר עַל מִדּוֹתָיו מַעֲבִירִין מִמֶּנּוּ כָּל פְּשָׁעָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מִיכָה ז) נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וְעֹבֵר עַל פֶּשַׁע, לְמִי נוֹשֵׂא עָוֹן- לְמִי שֶׁעוֹבֵר עַל פֶּשַׁע (סוֹלֵחַ עַל עֲבֵרָה שֶׁנַּעֲשַׂת כְּלַפָּיו)"- מְגִלָּה כֹּחַ ע"א, וְכֵן:"אֲבָל הַמַּעֲבִיר עַל מִדּוֹתָיו מַעֲבִירִין לוֹ עַל כָּל פְּשָׁעָיו, וּבְמִדָּה שֶׁאָדָם מוֹדֵד מוֹדְדִין לוֹ"- פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ, אוֹת א, וְכֵן:"וְאָחִי אָחִי אֵלִיָּהוּ הֶעֱבִיר עַל מִדּוֹתָיו הַפַּעַם וְגִלָּה מֵעֵין בַּת צְחוֹק עַל שְׂפָתָיו"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ כַּתְרִיאֵלִיבְקָה בִּנְיוּ יוֹרְק, רצט, וְכֵן:"אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּא גִּלְבֹּעַ הַסּוֹפֵר, וְעִמּוֹ מנטלזק הַצַּיָּר שֶׁהֶעֱבִיר עַל מִדּוֹתָיו וְלֹא נָטַר בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 191)