forbearance English

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What does forbearance mean?

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forbearance Noun

— If you say that someone has shown forbearance, you admire them for behaving in a calm and sensible way about something that they have a right to be very upset or angry about.

forbearance

— noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting his forbearance to reply was alarming

— noun (= patience) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Synonyms forbearance synonyms

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forbearance English » English

patience

tolerance

endurance

sufferance

forgiveness

restraint

indulgence

fortitude

abstinence

abstention

toleration

perseverance

pardon

longanimity

long-suffering

lenity

generosity

energy

compassion

bearing

abstemiousness

tolerate

suppress

stop

sparsely

sobriety

self-restraint

self-discipline

scantiness

scantily

resignation

repression

refrain

poorly

patient endurance

pa-tience

overcome

niggardly

moderation

mercy

meekness

liberality

leniency

keeping away from

inadequately

forbearing

control

coercion

bear

allowance

Topics forbearance topics

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Social behavior Behavior

Self-controlled

• What words refer to the quality of being self-controlled?
  self-control abnegation abstention abstinence asceticism constraint discipline equanimity forbearance moderation poise reserve restraint self-denial self-discipline sobriety stoicism sufferance temperance tolerance toleration

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Mercy

• What words refer to the act of having mercy?
  mercy mercies clemency compassion empathetic forbearance kindness leniency pity (n)