Definition of forbear

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Forbear (v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.

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Spare :: Spare (v. i.) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something..
Forbore :: Forbore () imp. of Forbear.
Longanimity :: Longanimity (n.) Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.
Acquiesce :: Acquiesce (v. i.) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition..
Arbitrary :: Arbitrary (a.) Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government..
Neuter :: Neuter (n.) A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
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..
Forbear :: Forbear (n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
Forborne :: Forborne () p. p. of Forbear.
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