Encourage and Forbore

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Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Forbore is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

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Forbore and Encourage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/forbore

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