forbear

/fˈɔːbeə/

/fˈɔːɹbɛɹ/

[verb] [noun]

to forbear

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

refrain from doing

synonyms : hold back

resist doing something

synonyms : refrain

antonyms : act

Forbear

[NOUN]

an ancestor or a person from whom one is descended, typically one more remote than a grandparent

synonyms : forebear

Examples

1. Success often requires us to bear and forbear through various challenges and setbacks.

2. This is your forbear tending to a fire, eons ago.

3. But I can't forbear from just finishing the refrigerator repair story, because that quotation about refrigerator repair in law school was published in a newspaper.

4. His anti-grave robbing epitaph reads: Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here.

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