Meaning of FORBEARING
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| | Definition: | | [adj] showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment; "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering" |
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| | Synonyms: | | longanimous, patient |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \For*bear"ing\, a.
Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
-- {For*bear"ing*ly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | accepting, armed with patience, benevolent, charitable, clement, compassionate, conciliatory, disciplined, easy, easygoing, endurant, enduring, forbearant, forgiving, generous, gentle, humane, indulgent, kind, lax, lenient, longanimous, long-suffering, magnanimous, merciful, mild, moderate, patient, patient as Job, persevering, philosophical, placable, self-controlled, soft, sparing, Spartan, stoic, tender, tolerant, tolerating, tolerative, understanding, unresentful, unrevengeful |
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