Definition of forbear

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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..

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Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Forebear :: Forebear (n.) An ancestor. See Forbear.
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Truceless :: Truceless (a.) Without a truce; unforbearing.
Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Forborne :: Forborne () p. p. of Forbear.
Tolerant :: Tolerant (a.) Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
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..
Supersedeas :: Supersede (v. t.) To omit; to forbear.
Abstain :: Abstain (v. i.) To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from..
Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something..
Stipulation :: Stipulate (v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France..
Neglect :: Neglect (adv.) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Longanimity :: Longanimity (n.) Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
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..
Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
Willingness :: Willingness (n.) The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
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