Forbearance

Quick meaning: Forbearance is a noun meaning (uncountable) The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.

Meaning

(uncountable) The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.

Example Sentences

Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: / The truth appeares ſo naked on my ſide, / That any purblind eye may find it out.

Then true nobleſſe vvould / Learne him forbearance from ſo foule a vvrong, / VVhat ſubject can giue ſentence on his King: […]

Yet apprehenſive that his forbearance to obey, vvould be more alarming, he repeated in a faltering and lovv voice the follovving lines: […]

[…] Death denounc't that day, / VVhich he preſumes already vain and void, / Becauſe not yet inflicted, as he fear'd, / By ſome immediate ſtroak; but ſoon ſhall find / Forbearance no acquittance ere day end.

Word Forms

• forbearances

Synonyms for forbearance

Depending on context, synonyms include longanimity, patience.

Antonyms for forbearance

Common opposites include unforbearance, impatience.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include longanimity, patience, patient, toleration, tolerance, abstention.

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