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What is the noun for forbears?

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forbearance
  1. Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
  2. A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “We legislate them for ourselves, and also for others, when we demand respect or civility or forbearance from them.”
      “In fact, success in the economic world follows the same logic as the forbearance from alcohol and gambling in that the money spent on these things would be better spent on others.”
      “Eli's forbearance towards his sons entailed ruin on his house.”
forbearing
forbear
forbearer
  1. One who forbears.
forbearances
forbearings
forbearers
  1. plural of forbearer
  2. Examples:
    1. “We must all be profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievements of our forbearers in this century.”
      “Canadians whose ancestors have come from other countries sometimes ask when and how their forbearers arrived in this country.”
      “No, it's not a Mini or a VW Golf, instead Melissa McCarthy and gang will be driving the same car as their male Eighties forbearers.”
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