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synonyms for forbear
- abstain
- avoid
- bridle
- cease
- curb
- decline
- desist
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- forgo
- inhibit
- keep
- omit
- pause
- refrain
- restrain
- sacrifice
- shun
- stop
- withhold
- go easy
- hold back
- keep from
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How to use forbear in a sentence
But—and I forbear to lead up to it artistically—I dissever myself from your chariot wheels.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAnd thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousGeorgie could not forbear a smile, while Lucy burst into inextinguishable peals of silvery laughter.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills
Can they stand still when everything is in motion, when everything is stirring, and forbear running whither every one runs?
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreNor can any right-minded man forbear his tribute to the good which Socialistic agitation has done.
The Inhumanity of Socialism | Edward F. Adams
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