Synonyms of forbore

forbore

verb

past tense of forbear

as in avoided

to resist the temptation of

she's old enough to make her own decisions, so we must forbear criticizing her taste in clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avoided
• refrained (from)
• kept (from)
• denied
• refused
• abjured
• abstained (from)
• withheld (from)
• forwent
• eschewed
• shunned
• curbed
• constrained
• checked
• inhibited
• rejected
• combated
• repudiated
• fought
• bucked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submitted (to)
• yielded (to)
• succumbed (to)
• bowed (to)
• surrendered (to)
• gave in (to)
• conceded (to)
• capitulated
• acquiesced (to)
• knuckled under (to)