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Unbending   /ˌənbˈɛndɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Unbend  v. t.  (past & past part. unbent; pres. part. unbending)  
1.
To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
2.
A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. "You do unbend your noble strength."
3.
(Naut.)
(a)
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
(b)
To cast loose or untie, as a rope.


Unbend  v. i.  (past & past part. unbent; pres. part. unbending)  
1.
To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
2.
To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.


adjective
Unbending  adj.  
1.
Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; applied to material things. "Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main."
2.
Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; applied to persons.
3.
Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.
4.
Devoted to relaxation or amusement. (R.) "It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour."





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"Unbending" Quotes from Famous Books



... direction of the house, and quiet fell over the unique courtroom. Larsen, so pleasant of face and so unbending of heart, was ...
— The Rangeland Avenger • Max Brand
... with the air of a man who had always been accustomed to traveling with such people and was now unbending to confide familiar items of special interest to some unsophisticated listener. "You'd find ...
— Skinner's Dress Suit • Henry Irving Dodge
... the maples, vainglorious in their dainty spring colors, their voluminous summer robes, their gorgeous autumn gowns, and they do it all with a kindly dignity that endears, while they stand high above all these in their perfection of simplicity. They can be tender without unbending, and in their soothing shadow is balm for all wounds. Tonight the sky is black with rain that tramps with its thousand feet on the camp roof and marches endlessly on. The wind is from the east and the pines sing its ...
— Old Plymouth Trails • Winthrop Packard
... a low, rippling laugh, like the breaking up of ever so many songs all at once; and the notes had not floated down to rest, when mother and Abraham came in. Mr. McKey arose to greet my mother. She stood proudly erect, her regal head unbending, her eyes straight on, into an endless future, in which he must have no part,—that I saw. Whatever he discerned there, he, too, stood before her and my brother. Abraham handed me a letter, saying, 'Read ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 62, December, 1862 • Various
... and accepted with cordiality, somewhat to Harlan's surprise, for his unbending youth could not yet understand how political hatchets ...
— The Ramrodders - A Novel • Holman Day


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