unbent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNBENT', participle passive of unbend. 1. Relaxed; remitted; relieved from strain or exertion. 2. In seamen's language, taken from the yards; loosed; as, the sails are unbent; the cable is unbent 3. Not strained; unstrung; as a bow unbent 4. Not crushed; not subdued; as, the soul is unbent by woes.
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