forbearance.

1. Patient restraint from responding harshly or enforcing a right.

2. A creditor’s temporary restraint from enforcing payment or another obligation.

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Words that belong together

• show forbearance

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She showed forbearance toward the offender.

His forbearance ended after the second threat.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.