Forbearing

forbearing
    adj 1: showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint
           under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment;
           "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist
           aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering"
           [syn: {forbearing}, {longanimous}]
    

Forbear \For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), v. i. [imp.
   {Forbore}({Forbare}, [Obs.]); p. p. {Forborne}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Forbearing}.] [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- +
   beran to bear. See {Bear} to support.]
   1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
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            Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
            I forbear?                            --1 Kings
                                                  xxii. 6.
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   2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
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            Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they
            will hear, or whether they will forbear. --Ezek. ii.
                                                  7.
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   3. To control one's self when provoked.
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            The kindest and the happiest pair
            Will find occasion to forbear.        --Cowper.
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            Both bear and forbear.                --Old Proverb.
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Forbearing \For*bear"ing\, a.
   Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
   -- {For*bear"ing*ly}, adv.
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "forbearing":
      Spartan, accepting, armed with patience, benevolent, charitable,
      clement, compassionate, conciliatory, disciplined, easy, easygoing,
      endurant, enduring, forbearant, forgiving, generous, gentle,
      humane, indulgent, kind, lax, lenient, long-suffering, longanimous,
      magnanimous, merciful, mild, moderate, patient, patient as Job,
      persevering, philosophical, placable, self-controlled, soft,
      sparing, stoic, tender, tolerant, tolerating, tolerative,
      understanding, unresentful, unrevengeful