athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

forbear, refrain - not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

brook, endure, tolerate, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"