Meaning of FORBEARANCE
| Pronunciation: | | for'behruns
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- [n] a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"
- [n] good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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| | Synonyms: | | longanimity, patience |
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| | Antonyms: | | impatience | | |
| | See Also: | | delay, good nature, holdup | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \For*bear"ance\, n.
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 goe? slower. --Shak.
Syn: Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.
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