forbear

1. A person from whom you are descended (synset 110122138)
   is a type of: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
   subtypes:

   • grandparent - a parent of your father or mother
   • great grandparent - a parent of your grandparent
   same as: forebear

1. Refrain from doing (synset 202731919)
   "she forbore a snicker"
   is a type of: forbear, refrain - resist doing something
   same as: hold back
2. Resist doing something (synset 202731589)
   "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
   subtypes:

   • leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone - leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
   • let it go - not act
   • abstain - refrain from voting
   • save, spare - refrain from harming
   • forbear, hold back - refrain from doing
   • help, help oneself - abstain from doing; always used with a negative
   • stand by - not act or do anything
   • sit out - not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event)
   same as: refrain

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