unbend: Meaning and Definition of

un•bend

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.
1. to loose or untie, as a sail or rope.
2. to unfasten from spars or stays, as sails.

1. to relax the strictness of formality or ceremony; act in an easy, genial manner: Imagine him unbending!
2. to become unbent; straighten.