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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

o refrain from doing something, to restrain oneself from acting on an impulse;

e.g. Please forbear making any judgements before you have heard the full story.

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Similar Words

Abjure

Abstain

Ancestor

Father

Forefather

Forego

Foremother

Forgo

From

Grandfather

Grandmother

Overrule

Parent

Patriarch

Progenitor

Rebuff

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Opposite Words

Abandon

Abide

Absorb

Accept

Assume

Bear

Bide

Brood

Brook

Capitulate

Countenance

Deliver

Endure

Fruit

Get

Go

Hack

Handle

Indulge

Issue

Meet

Offspring

Pocket

Posterity

Progeny

Seed

Shoulder

Spawn

Stand

Stomach

Support

Surrender

Sustain

Take

Takeover

Tolerate

Undertake

Wallow

Wear

Yield

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Related Words

At

Avoid

Buck

Check

Combat

Constrain

Curb

Decline

Deny

Deselect

Disapprove

Eschew

Fight

Inhibit

Negative

Nix

Pass

Refuse

Reject

Repudiate

Shun

Spurn

Turndown

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