Forbear vs Restraint - What's the difference?
forbear | restraint |
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.
To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
* Bible, 1 Kings xxii. 6
To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
* Bible, Ezekiel ii. 7
To control oneself when provoked.
* Cowper
* Old proverb
* [1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr.
* [1936] 2004, Raymond William Firth, We the Tikopia [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Eiji-EnuhXUC&pg=PA345&lpg=PA345&sig=aB2VV0fcWv6lkQPQatQQbDhlm_8]
* 1997, H. L. Hix, Understanding W. S. Merwin [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=8JIveUt8StQC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&sig=_AETFoZUYlti38_Va0zOHD4yZTk]
(countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
(uncountable) control or caution; reserve
* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
As nouns the difference between forbear and restraint
is that forbear is while restraint is (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.As a verb forbear
is to keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.forbear
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) forberen, from (etyl) . (got)Verb
- Shall I go to battle, or shall I forbear ?
- Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear .
- The kindest and the happiest pair / Will find occasion to forbear .
- Both bear and forbear .
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- Sirs, I am quite sure that the King of England's forbears rightly and justly lost the conquered lands that I hold [...]
- One does not take one’s family name therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn; this too is a patrilineal group.
- Beginning with the bald declaration “I think I was cold in the womb,” the speaker in “The Forbears'” then decides that his brother (who died soon after birth) must also have been cold in the womb, like his grandfather John and the ' forbears who antedated John:
restraint
English
(wikipedia restraint)Noun
- Make sure all the restraints are tight.
- Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
