節せつを曲まげる

expression, ichidan verb

compromise one's principles; betray one's principles

Idiomatic expression meaning to abandon or bend one's moral stance or beliefs, often under pressure or for personal gain.

• 彼かれは金かねのために節せつを曲まげるような人ひとではない。

  He is not the kind of person who would compromise his principles for money.

• 権けん力りょくに屈くっして節せつを曲まげることは、彼かれの信しん念ねんに反はんする。

  Bending his principles by yielding to power goes against his beliefs.