forbearance Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; patience.
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noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
- his forbearance to reply was alarming
WordNet
For*bear"ance noun
Definitions
The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton.
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The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goe slower. Shak.
Syn. -- Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.