Forbear

An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.

To control one's self when provoked.

To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.

To treat with consideration or indulgence.

To cease from bearing.