Unbended
verb (used with object), unbent or (Archaic) unbended, unbending.
1.
to straighten from a bent form or position.
2.
to release from the strain of formality, intense effort, etc.; relax:
to unbend one’s mind.
3.
to release from tension, as a bow.
4.
Nautical.
to loose or untie, as a sail or rope.
to unfasten from spars or stays, as sails.
verb (used without object), unbent or (Archaic) unbended, unbending.
5.
to relax the strictness of formality or ceremony; act in an easy, genial manner:
Imagine him unbending!
6.
to become unbent; straighten.
verb -bends, -bending, -bent
1.
to release or be released from the restraints of formality and ceremony
2.
(informal) to relax (the mind) or (of the mind) to become relaxed
3.
to become or be made straightened out from an originally bent shape or position
4.
(transitive) (nautical)
to remove (a sail) from a stay, mast, yard, etc
to untie (a rope, etc) or cast (a cable) loose
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