unbent
- v straighten up or out; make straight
- v unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
- v free from flexure
- v make less taut
- v become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- v release from mental strain, tension, or formality
- s not bent
looking for an unbent nail
trees with straight unbent trunks make the best lumber - s erect in posture
- Some will hail Benedict as a bold defender of the rights of traditionalist Catholics and a man of conviction unbent by the winds of controversy, but others, both inside and outside .
- Later, however, he unbent, issued a statement: "I am deeply sensible of the honor conferred and of the responsibilities which the post involves.
- Since Tanzania is currently a base for the enemies of Malawi's Premier Kamuzu Banda, the crotchety autocrat stayed away from the Nairobi summit, although he unbent enough to send .