プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
はばかる【×憚る】
❶〔ためらう，遠慮する〕hesitate ((to do))；〔恐れる〕be afraid ((of doing; to do))
金の借り倒しをはばからなかった
He had no scruples about borrowing money without paying it back.
はばからずに意見を述べる
tell [give] one's opinion frankly [without reserve]
過ちを改めるのにはばかることはない
It is never too late to mend one's ways.
人目をはばかることはない
You need not fear [be afraid of] what others may say.
他聞をはばかることですので内密に願います
Please keep this to yourself since it is a confidential matter.
世間体をはばかって事件は公表されなかった
The incident was not made public for the sake of preserving appearances.
❷〔幅をきかせる〕
憎まれっ子世にはばかる
Weeds never die.／((諺)) Ill weeds grow apace.