Turn-the-other-cheek Definition

verb

(idiomatic) To accept a punishment or an injury and not act out revenge or retaliate.

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Origin of Turn-the-other-cheek

  • 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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