debending

Verb

debend (third-person singular simple present debends, present participle debending, simple past and past participle debent)

1. (rare, transitive) To unbend; to make or allow to become straight from a bent position.
   • Even a brain surgeon will have trouble removing an 8088 with such a puller without bending the pins a bit. However, they’re fairly malleable and they’ll submit to “debending” with needle-nose pliers a surprising number of times before snapping.1987 October, Kevin Strehlo, “Turbo Wars”, in Business Software, volume 5, number 10, →ISSN, page 42