屈くっ撓とう

noun

bending; yielding; submission

Rare literary term for bending under pressure, yielding, or being forced to submit. Mostly found in older or formal texts.

• 「屈くっ撓とう」は古ふるい文ぶん章しょうで、圧あつ力りょくに屈くっすることを表あらわす語ごとして見みられる。

  In old writing, 屈撓 is seen as a word expressing yielding under pressure.