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Verb: unbend (unbent)  ún'bend
  1. Straighten up or out; make straight
    - straighten
     
  2. Unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
     
  3. Free from flexure
    "unbend a bow"
     
  4. Make less taut
    - relax
     
  5. Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
    - relax, loosen up, unwind, decompress, slow down
     
  6. Release from mental strain, tension, or formality
    "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"

Derived forms: unbent, unbending, unbends

Type of: change posture, change state, loose, loosen, loosen up, make relaxed, relax, straighten, straighten out, turn, unfasten, unlax, unstrain, unwind

Antonym: bend