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Origin:

Old English forberan (see for-, bear¹). The original senses were 'endure, bear with', hence 'endure the absence of, do without', also 'control oneself', hence 'refrain from' (Middle English)

Do not confuse forbear with forebear. Forbear means 'stop yourself from doing something' (he doesn’t forbear to write about the bad times), while forebear (which is also sometimes spelled forbear) means 'an ancestor' (our Stone Age forebears).