Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-BEND'ING
UN-BEND'ING, ppr.
- Relaxing from any strain; remitting; taking from their yards, &c., as sails.
- adj. Not suffering flexure.
- Unyielding; resolute; inflexible; applied to persons.
- Unyielding; inflexible; firm; applied to things; as, unbending truths. J. M. Mason.
- Devoted to relaxation. I hope it may entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. Rowe.
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