This is the verse translation, not a definition of the individual word.
From wherever you set out, turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque [i.e., Ka‘bah]. Wherever you are, turn your faces towards it, so that the people should not have any proof against you[1], except for the wrongdoers among them. So do not fear them but fear Me, so that I may complete My favor upon you [all] and that you may be guided.
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[1] One of the reasons for the change of qiblah was so that the Jews would have no argument against the Muslims.