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To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favour of a more humble approach.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
girar l'altra galta
— accept injury without revenge
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Danish:
vende den anden kind til
— accept injury without revenge
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Dutch:
(iemand) de andere wang toekeren
— accept injury without revenge
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Finnish:
kääntää toinenkin poski
— accept injury without revenge
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French:
tendre l'autre joue
— accept injury without revenge
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German:
die andere Wange hinhalten
— accept injury without revenge
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German:
die andere Backe hinhalten
— accept injury without revenge
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Hungarian:
másik arc odafordítása/odatartása
— accept injury without revenge
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Italian:
porgere l'altra guancia
— accept injury without revenge
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Latin:
vertō alteram maxillam
— accept injury without revenge
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Polish:
nadstawiać drugi policzek
— accept injury without revenge
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Polish:
nadstawić drugi policzek
— accept injury without revenge
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Portuguese:
dar a outra face
— accept injury without revenge
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Portuguese:
oferecer a outra face
— accept injury without revenge
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Russian:
подста́вить другу́ю щёку
(podstávitʹ drugúju ščóku)
— accept injury without revenge
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Spanish:
poner la otra mejilla
— accept injury without revenge
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Swedish:
vända andra kinden till
— accept injury without revenge
