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forborne

verb , past participle of forbear

Synonyms and Antonyms of forborne

to resist the temptation of

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

Synonyms of forborne

abjured, abstained (from), forgone (also foregone), kept (from), refrained (from), withheld (from)

Words Related to forborne

avoided, eschewed, shunned

checked, constrained, curbed, inhibited

denied, refused, rejected, repudiated

bucked, combated (or combatted), fought

Near Antonyms of forborne

acquiesced (to), capitulated, conceded (to), knuckled under (to)

Antonyms of forborne

bowed (to), given in (to), submitted (to), succumbed (to), surrendered (to), yielded (to)

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