Unbending

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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. [R.] It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour. Rowe. -- Un*bend"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*bend"ing*ness, n.