unbowed

English

From un- +‎ bowed.

unbowed (comparative more unbowed, superlative most unbowed)

Not bowed; erect or upright.
(figurative) Not subdued or deterred.
- 1998 July 3, James Brooke, “Anti-Government Freemen Are Found Guilty of Fraud”, in New York Times, retrieved 8 August 2012:
  Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers.
- 2024 July 15, Charles M. Blow, “How the Attempted Assassination of Trump Could Change the Campaign”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:
  It created an indelible image and captured the essence of Trump’s MAGA movement: under attack but defiant, bloody but unbowed.

not bowed

not subdued or deterred