English > forbear: 3 senses > verb 2, stative| Meaning | Resist doing something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "she could not forbear weeping" |
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| Synonym | refrain |
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| Narrower | abstain | Refrain from voting |
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| forbear, hold back | Refrain from doing |
| help oneself, help | Abstain from doing |
| leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone | Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking |
| let it go | not act |
| sit out | not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event) |
| spare, save | Refrain from harming |
| stand by | not act or do anything |
| Opposite | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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| Spanish | abstenerse, refrenarse |
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| Catalan | abstenir-se, refrenar-se |
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| Nouns | forbearance | a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges |
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