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unbending (medicine)


unbending


1. Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; applied to material things. "Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main." (Pope)

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. "It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour." (Rowe) Unbend"ingly, Unbend"ingness.

Origin: In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. Un- not + bending; in sense 4, properly p. Pr. Unbend.

Source: Websters Dictionary