restraighten

Make level once more

To restraighten is to make straight again something that has become bent, crooked, or misaligned: She restraightened the picture frame after the cat bumped it.

The word implies a return to a previous straight state rather than straightening something for the first time.

correction

fix

Repair or solution

remedy · amend · set right · redo · rework · repair · unbend · unkink · reshape · reform

alignment

realign

Restore to correct arrangement

  • trueAccurate or loyal
  • plumbExactly vertical or true
  • levelHorizontal or uniform position

square · parallel · perpendicular · adjust · reposition · center · calibrate · orient · balance · symmetry

restoration

restore

Return to earlier state

renew · redo · refurbish · recondition · rehabilitate · revert · reinstate · bring back · put back · fix up

Opposites
directional action

restraightenbend

Curve or flex

curve · recurve · crook · warp · twist

temporal/sequential action

restraightenstraighten

Make linear or orderly

unbend

corrective action

restraightenmisalign

Position incorrectly relative to

disarrange · disorder · displace

Family

restraightened, restraightening

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G