Mm, how am I using it in this context? I think that there are graceful ways to end a working (or other) relationship that are not intended punitively. Like, you could pull out of a business deal at a critical moment, in order to cause the most cost that you can to the counter-party, and I would consider that actively adversarial/punitive. But I think it is standard for good-faith business deals to allow either party to graceful back out, and that’s considered acceptable and sad but something you signed up for and that you both agree don’t count as an additional imposition.
Mm, how am I using it in this context? I think that there are graceful ways to end a working (or other) relationship that are not intended punitively. Like, you could pull out of a business deal at a critical moment, in order to cause the most cost that you can to the counter-party, and I would consider that actively adversarial/punitive. But I think it is standard for good-faith business deals to allow either party to graceful back out, and that’s considered acceptable and sad but something you signed up for and that you both agree don’t count as an additional imposition.