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What does the word unbend mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To straighten after having been bent.

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To relax; be affable, condescending, or genial.

Usage examples for unbend

I waited a moment, but he wouldn't unbend. – My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
By every trial having gathered strength, And hopeful conquered every adverse gale, We now have reached a calmer sea at length, And with full hearts unbend the flowing sail. – Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Hudson Tuttle