Definitions of forbearance [ɔrˈbɛər əns]

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Definition of 'forbearance'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) forbearance
the act of forbearing; a refraining from taking action.

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

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

Etymology: (1570–80)

Definition of 'forbearance'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) patience, forbearance, longanimity
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

2. (noun) forbearance
a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
"his forbearance to reply was alarming"

Definition of 'forbearance'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) forbearance
the act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience

2. (noun) forbearance
the quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering

Definitions of 'forbearance'

The Roycroft Dictionary

forbearance
1. To forgive an enemy who has been shorn of power.

2. To buy golden opinions of one's self.

3. To slay with irony or pity.

Translation of 'forbearance'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: patience; control of temper She showed great forbearance.
Afrikaans: verdraagsaamheid	Arabic: صَبْر، طول أناة، إحْتِمال	Bulgarian: търпение
Brazilian: tolerância	Czech: trpělivost	German: die Nachsicht
Danish: tålmodighed; langmodighed	Greek: υπομονή, αυτοσυγκράτηση	Spanish: paciencia
Estonian: kannatlikkus	Farsi: بردباری	Finnish: pitkämielisyys
French: patience	Hebrew: סַבלָנוּת	Hindi: धैर्य
Croatian: strpljivost, obzirnost	Hungarian: türelem	Indonesian: kesabaran
Icelandic: umburðarlyndi	Italian: pazienza, tolleranza	Japanese: 忍耐
Korean: 자제, 인내	Lithuanian: susivaldymas, pakantumas	Latvian: atturība; iecietība
Malay: kesabaran	Dutch: verdraagzaamheid	Norwegian: tålmodighet, selvbeherske
Polish: wyrozumiałość	Persian: بردباری	Pashto: زغم، ګالنه، صبر
Portuguese: tolerância	Romanian: stăpânire de sine	Russian: терпение; терпимость
Slovak: trpezlivosť	Slovenian: potrpljenje	Serbian: strpljenje
Swedish: fördragsamhet, tålamod	Thai: ความอดกลั้น	Turkish: sabır
Taiwanese: 忍耐	Ukrainian: стриманість; терплячість	Urdu: ضبط
Vietnamese: tự chủ; kiên trì	Chinese: 忍耐
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