己おのれを枉まぐ

expression

cast aside one's beliefs; abandon one's principles

Archaic expression meaning to compromise or abandon one's deeply held beliefs or doctrines. Not used in modern Japanese; found only in classical texts.

• 古こ典てんでは「己おのれを枉まぐ」という表ひょう現げんが、信しん念ねんを曲まげることを意い味みする。

  In classical texts, the expression 己を枉ぐ means to bend one's convictions.