| VERB | stative | forbear, hold back | refrain from doing |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | forbear, refrain | resist doing something | |
| NOUN | person | forbear, forebear | a person from whom you are descended |
| Meaning | A person from whom you are descended. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | forebear | |
| Narrower | grandparent | A parent of your father or mother |
| great grandparent | A parent of your grandparent | |
| Broader | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
| Spanish | antepasado | |
| Meaning | Refrain from doing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | hold back | |
| Broader | refrain, forbear | Resist doing something |
| Meaning | Resist doing something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "she could not forbear weeping" | |
| Synonym | refrain | |
| Narrower | abstain | Refrain from voting |
| 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) |
| Spanish | abstenerse, refrenarse | |
| Catalan | abstenir-se, refrenar-se | |
| Nouns | forbearance | a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges |
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