Thesaurus / forbear
FEEDBACKHow to use forbear in a sentence
But—and I forbear to lead up to it artistically—I dissever myself from your chariot wheels.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE 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 VERSIONVARIOUSGeorgie could not forbear a smile, while Lucy burst into inextinguishable peals of silvery laughter.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSCan 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 BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYRENor can any right-minded man forbear his tribute to the good which Socialistic agitation has done.
THE INHUMANITY OF SOCIALISMEDWARD F. ADAMSHe gone, I late to my office, and cannot forbear admiring and consulting my new rule, and so home to supper and to bed.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, COMPLETESAMUEL PEPYSI might tell a great many stories about the smartness of Rover; but on the whole I think I will forbear.
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS: WITH PICTURES TO MATCHFRANCIS C. WOODWORTHI cannot forbear from mentioning the Portrait of a Scholar, which seems to me one of his best works.
FLORENCE AND NORTHERN TUSCANY WITH GENOAEDWARD HUTTONYe shall do ill to go thither,” said the Warden, “and I bid you forbear.
THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAINWILLIAM MORRISO Warden of the Uttermost House, wherefore should we forbear?
THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAINWILLIAM MORRISWORDS RELATED TO FORBEAR
- acquiesce
- be merciful
- capitulate
- cave in
- change one's mind
- come around
- comply
- cool it
- cry uncle
- die away
- drop
- ease
- ease off
- ease up on
- ebb
- fall
- fold
- forbear
- give in
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give up
- give way
- go along with
- go easy on
- have mercy
- have pity
- lay back
- let go
- let it happen
- lighten up
- mellow out
- melt
- moderate
- quit
- relax
- say uncle
- show mercy
- slacken
- slow
- soften
- subside
- wane
- weaken
- yield
- acquiesced
- came around
- capitulated
- caved in
- changed one's mind
- complied
- cool it
- cried uncle
- died away
- dropped
- eased
- eased off
- eased up on
- ebbed
- fell
- folded
- forbore
- gave in
- gave quarter
- gave some slack
- gave up
- gave way
- had mercy
- had pity
- lay back
- let it happened
- let went
- lightened up
- mellowed out
- melted
- moderated
- quit
- relaxed
- said uncle
- showed mercy
- slackened
- slowed
- softened
- subsided
- waned
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- weakened
- went along with
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- yielded
- abandon
- abdicate
- abnegate
- back down
- cast
- cast off
- cede
- cut loose
- desert
- discard
- ditch
- drop
- drop like hot potato
- drop out
- dump
- forbear
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- hand over
- kick
- kiss good-bye
- lay aside
- leave
- opt out
- quit
- quit cold turkey
- release
- renounce
- repudiate
- resign
- retire from
- sacrifice
- shed
- stand down
- surrender
- swear off
- take the oath
- take the pledge
- vacate
- waive
- withdraw
- yield
- abandons
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- back down
- casts
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- cedes
- cuts loose
- deserts
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- ditches
- drops
- drops like hot potato
- drops out
- dumps
- forbears
- forgoes
- forsakes
- forswears
- hands over
- kicks
- kisses good-bye
- leaves
- lies aside
- opts out
- quits
- quits cold turkey
- releases
- renounces
- repudiates
- resigns
- retires from
- sacrifices
- sheds
- stands down
- surrenders
- swears off
- takes the oath
- takes the pledge
- vacates
- waives
- withdraws
- yields
- abate
- absolve
- alleviate
- amnesty
- cancel
- condone
- decrease
- defer
- delay
- desist
- diminish
- dwindle
- ease up
- excuse
- exonerate
- fall away
- forbear
- forgive
- halt
- hold off
- hold up
- intermit
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- pardon
- prorogue
- put off
- reduce
- relax
- release
- repeal
- reprieve
- rescind
- respite
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- slacken
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- stay
- suspend
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- weaken
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- amnestied
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- forbore
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- sank
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- stayed
- suspended
- waned
- weakened
- abide
- abstain from
- antagonize
- assail
- assault
- battle
- bear
- brook
- buck
- check
- combat
- confront
- contend
- continue
- counteract
- countervail
- curb
- defy
- die hard
- dispute
- duel
- endure
- fight back
- forbear
- forgo
- hinder
- hold
- hold off
- hold out against
- keep from
- leave alone
- maintain
- persevere
- persist
- prevent
- put up a fight
- refrain
- refuse
- remain
- remain firm
- repel
- stand up to
- stay
- stonewall
- struggle against
- suffer
- thwart
- traverse
- turn down
- weather
- abided
- abstain from
- antagonized
- assailed
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- brooked
- bucked
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- continued
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- forbore
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- held
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- hindered
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- maintained
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- put up a fight
- refrained
- refused
- remained
- remained firm
- repelled
- stayed
- stonewalled
- stood up to
- struggled against
- suffered
- thwarted
- traversed
- turned down
- weathered
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