forbearer


for·bear 1

F0243100 (fôr-bâr′)v. for·bore (-bôr′), for·borne (-bôrn′), for·bear·ing, for·bears v.intr.1. To keep oneself from doing something; hold back; refrain: forbear from making a comment.2. To be tolerant or patient in the face of provocation.v.tr.1. To refrain from; resist: forbore criticizing them.2. To restrain oneself so as not (to do something): "He saw that she was preoccupied, and forbore to question her" (Thomas Hardy).
[Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan, to endure; see bher- in Indo-European roots.]
for·bear′er n.

for·bear 2

F0243200 (fôr′bâr′)n. Variant of forebear.