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Unbowed

//ʌnˈbəʊd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not bowed; erect or upright.
  2. 2
    Not subdued or deterred. figuratively

    "Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not forced to bow down to a conqueror wordnet
  2. 2
    erect in posture wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unbow form-of, participle, past

Etymology

From un- + bowed.

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