Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
I forbear? --1 Kinds
xxii. 6.
2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear. --Ezek. ii.
7.
3. To control one's self when provoked.
The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion
to forbear. --Cowper.
Both bear and forbear. --Old Proverb.