Words Like FORBEAR
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to FORBEAR.
    
    
    
        
            17 Alternative Words Similar to forbear
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        2 examples of forbear
           
        
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        to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety
    
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        she could not forbear weeping
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of forbear
           
        
    1
    
        An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
    
    
    
 
    2
    
        To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
    
    
    
 
    3
    
        To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
    
    
    
 
    4
    
        To control one's self when provoked.
    
    
    
 
    5
    
        To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.
    
    
    
 
    6
    
        To treat with consideration or indulgence.
    
    
    
 
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        a person from whom you are descended
    
    
    
 
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        resist doing something