English Explanatory Dictionary

turn the other cheek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.

Pronunciation

En-au-turn the other cheek.ogg

Word forms

turn the other cheek turns the other cheek turning the other cheek turned the other cheek

Etymology

From the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favour of a more humble approach.

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