FORBEARANCE

forbearance

(noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; “his forbearance to reply was alarming”

patience, forbearance, longanimity

(noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

forbearance (countable and uncountable, plural forbearances)

Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.

A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.

Synonyms

• patience

• restraint

• thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)

Source: Wiktionary

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For*bear"ance, n.

Definition: The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton.

2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goeShak.

Syn.

– Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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