unbowed

unbowed
/un bowd"/, adj.
1. not bowed or bent.
2. not yielding or submitting, as to defeat; not subjugated: Even when their country was occupied, the people of Norway remained unbowed.
[1325-75; ME; see UN-1 + BOWED]

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