Both Uses

forbearance
in
The Winter's Tale
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Good my lord, forbear: The ruddiness upon her lip is wet; You'll mar it if you kiss it; stain your own With oily painting.†
Scene 5.3

forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
Either forbear, quit presently the chapel, or resolve you for more amazement.
Scene 5.3 *

forbear = stop (refrain from acting)

Definitions:

(1) (forbearance)
patient tolerance or self-control; or holding back from taking action or enforcing a right

Today, the word, forbearance, is most commonly seen in the field of law to indicate that a legal right, claim or privilege is not being enforced.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
The form, forbears is typically a verb, but can be an alternate spelling of the noun forebears; i.e., ancestors. Note that these words put the emphasis on different syllables: for-BEARS v. FORE-bears