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Definition
refraining (holding back) from acting
or:
patience, tolerance, or self-control
or:
patience, tolerance, or self-control
- I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted.Chapter 2 — The Curse of the Baskervilles (44% in)
forbear = refrain (hold back)
There are no more uses of "forbearance" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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