The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - bearing n.

1) carriage, deportment, manner, behaviour, conduct, aspect, demeanour, posture, stance, air, attitude, mien, presence: Lewis's noble bearing makes him noticeable, even in a crowd. 2) sustaining, supporting, endurance, enduring: Thomas Jefferson considered the government of England totally without morality and insolent beyond bearing. 3) aspect; relation, reference, relationship, correlation, pertinence, relevance, connection, relevancy, applicability, application, germaneness, significance: The legal bearing of the case will become obvious in court. It is unclear exactly what bearing your remarks have on the situation. 4) Often, bearings. direction, orientation, (relative) position: The bearing of the lighthouse is now 180ш. Which way is north? - I have lost my bearings entirely.