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means The quality of patiently holding back from acting on anger, frustration, or one's legal right to do something—especially the restraint of choosing not to enforce a debt or punishment you'd be entitled to demand.

from From the Old English verb 'forberan,' built from 'for-' (a prefix meaning 'away, abstain') and 'beran' (to bear or carry, the same root that gives us 'bear' and 'birth'). So at its heart, to forbear is to 'bear away'—to carry your impulse off rather than let it land. The legal sense, that grudging patience with debtors, grew up alongside the everyday one, both leaning on the old idea that endurance is something you literally hold.