Tova'dok

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Tova'dok is a Klingon concept and while there is no English language equivalent it is roughly translated as a "a moment of clarity between two warriors on a field of battle."

Worf experienced a moment of tova'dok with General Martok in Internment Camp 371 in 2373. Worf was forced to fight the Jem'Hadar and eventually Worf decided he was going to let Ikat'ika and his Jem'Hadar soldiers kill him. Worf felt it would be the only way to escape the internment camp. In a moment of tova'dok, Martok saw what Worf was planning. Fortunately, this gave Worf a reason to fight against the Jem'Hadar once more. Worf described the incident as Martok giving him, "his [Martok's] warrior's heart."

Worf experienced another moment of tova'dok when he challenged Martok aboard the IKS Rotarran several months later. (DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire")

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