unbend

Verb

• release from mental strain, tension, or formality
  • unbend the mind from absorbing too much information
    

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
  • He relaxed in the hot tub
    
  • Let's all relax after a hard day's work
    

• make less taut
  • relax the tension on the rope
    

• free from flexure
  • unbend a bow
    

• unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay

• straighten up or out; make straight

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  relax , loosen up , unwind , decompress , slow down , straighten
• Antonyms: 
  tense , tense up , flex , bend , deform , twist , turn