for·bear·ance

(fôr-bâr′əns)

1. Tolerance and restraint in the face of provocation; patience.

2. Law The act of giving a debtor more time to pay rather than immediately enforcing a debt that is due.

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forbearance

(fɔːˈbɛərəns)

1. the act of forbearing

2. self-control; patience

3. (Law) law abstention from or postponement of the enforcement of a legal right, esp by a creditor allowing his debtor time to pay

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for•bear•ance

(fɔrˈbɛər əns)

n.

1. the act of forbearing; a refraining from taking action.

2. forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.

3. an abstaining from the enforcement of a right, esp. a creditor's granting of more time to repay a debt.

[1570–80]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	forbearance - good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence longanimity, patience good nature - a cheerful, obliging disposition
	2.	forbearance - a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming" delay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

forbearance

noun

1. patience, resignation, restraint, tolerance, indulgence, long-suffering, moderation, self-control, leniency, temperance, mildness, lenity, longanimity (rare) a high degree of tolerance and forbearance
patience anger, impatience, intolerance, irritability, shortness, impetuosity

2. abstinence, refraining, avoidance forbearance from military action

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forbearance

noun

1. The capacity of enduring hardship or inconvenience without complaint:

long-suffering, patience, resignation, tolerance.

2. Forbearing or lenient treatment:

charitableness, charity, indulgence, lenience, leniency, lenity, tolerance, toleration.

Translations

صَبْر، طول أناة، إحْتِمال

trpělivost

langmodighedtålmodighed

Nachsicht

patience

umburîarlyndi

pazienza sopportazione tolleranza paziente

atturībaiecietība

selvbeherskelse tålmodighet

sabır

忍耐

forbearance

[fɔːˈbɛərəns] N → paciencia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

forbearance

[fɔː^rˈbɛərəns] n → patience f

forbearance

n → Nachsicht f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

forbearance

[fɔːˈbɛər/əns] n → pazienza, tolleranza

forˈbearance

(fəˈbeərəns) noun

patience; control of temper. She showed great forbearance.

forˈbearing adjective

patient. a patient and forbearing friend.