All 6 Uses

forbearance
in
The Prince and The Pauper
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Hendon despatched his ablutions with alacrity, then drew back the other chair and was about to place himself at table, when the boy said, indignantly— "Forbear!†
Chpt 12

forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
He seated himself absently in his chair of state, and turned his eyes upon the door with manifestations of impatient expectancy; seeing which, the company forbore to trouble him, and fell to chatting a mixture of public business and court gossip one with another.†
Chpt 15

forbore = refrained (held back) from acting
O noble sir, forbear, and God love you for a princely gentleman—but it giveth me cruel pain to touch me when I am taken so.†
Chpt 18

forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
and forbear to worsen our chances with dangerous speech.†
Chpt 23
But in charity forbear to say 'I' mentioned it, for 'tis death to speak of it, they say.
Chpt 27 *

forbear = refrain (hold back) from
In an instant several indignant hands were laid upon the boy; but in the same instant Tom Canty, in his regal vestments, made a swift step forward, and cried out in a ringing voice— "Loose him and forbear!†
Chpt 32

forbear = refrain (hold back) 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