In this scenario, the individual who perceives himself strong will flee or bear. This helps me distinguish between meekness and weakness. The weak bears because he can do nothing else. The meek bears because he has chosen to not exercise his power to protect, deliver and avenge himself. In considering the meek response, we must also look at his tongue and his mind.
Meekness affects both.
Neither reviles, neither complains, neither glories or gloats in bearing. May God grant me quietness of tongue and heart whenever He calls on me to bear reviling, accusation, affliction and rejection. Meekness also pays the bill. That gives meekness a redemptive quality. No one could yield such abnormal delicacy without God's Spirit in him.