noun. See forebear.

To refrain from; abstain from; omit; avoid the doing or use of.

To spare; excuse; treat indulgently.

To refrain; abstain; decline; stop; cease; hold off or back.

To be patient; endure; restrain one's self from action or from violence.

Synonyms To abstain, give over, desist, stay, leave off.

noun. An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

intransitive verb. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

intransitive verb. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.

intransitive verb. To control one's self when provoked.

transitive verb. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.

transitive verb. To treat with consideration or indulgence.

transitive verb. To cease from bearing.

noun. Alternative spelling of forebear.

verb. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.

verb. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

verb. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.

verb. To control oneself when provoked.

verb. refrain from doing

noun. a person from whom you are descended

verb. resist doing something

"The word forbear comes from the Middle English forberen, thence from the Old English forberan, both meaning to endure or to get through something, and to do so with grace and dignity."

forbearance  forbearant  

refrain  

abstain  help  help oneself  holdback  leave  

denarii  him  vouchsafe  

abstain  abstain  abstain from  ancestor  avoid  

forbore  forborne  forebear  

forbearing  forbears  forbore  forborne