straighten

To make or become straight or straighter.

To resolve (a confusion or conflict).

To make less confused or troubled.

See straiten.

To make straight, in any sense; specifically, to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

To become straight; assume a straight form.

A variant of straiten.

To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

To make right or correct; to reduce to order.

to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one’s features.