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Noncommittal :: Noncommittal (n.) A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.

Forebear :: Forebear (n.) An ancestor. See Forbear.

Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To cease from bearing.

Inaction :: Inaction (n.) Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

Spare :: Spare (a.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.

Spare :: Spare (a.) To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to..

Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..

Neglect :: Neglect (adv.) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers..

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency..

License :: License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors..

Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.

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..

Force :: Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor..

Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety..

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..

Spare :: Spare (v. i.) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

Desist :: Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.

Forbearing :: Forbearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbea.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..

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