Definition of forbear

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Forbear (n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

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Forbearing :: Forbearing (a.) Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
Spare :: Spare (a.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
Connive :: Connive (v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at..
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.
Desist :: Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
Help :: Help (v. t.) To forbear; to avoid.
Noncommittal :: Noncommittal (n.) A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
Intolerance :: Intolerance (n.) The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect..
Forebear :: Forebear (n.) An ancestor. See Forbear.
Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action..
Abstinence :: Abstinence (n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence..
Patience :: Patience (n.) The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.
Promise :: Promise (a.) In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act..
Forborne :: Forborne () p. p. of Forbear.
Forbear :: Forbear (n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
Acquiesce :: Acquiesce (v. i.) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition..
Foregoer :: Foregoer (n.) One who forbears to enjoy.
Secrecy :: Secrecy (n.) The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
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