Thesaurus: forbear

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1. n. An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
2. v. i. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
3. v. i. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
4. v. i. To control one's self when provoked.
5. v. t. To word/keep">keep word/away">away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
6. v. t. To treat with consideration or indulgence.
7. v. t. To cease from bearing.
8. n. a person from whom you are descended
9. v. refrain from doing
10. v. resist doing something