Definitions from Wiktionary (forbear)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of forebear [An ancestor.]
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