Definitions for: Forbearance

[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

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: longanimity, patience

Antonyms: impatience

See Also: delay, good nature, holdup

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