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noun

Forbearance n.

The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. "He soon shall find Forbearance no acquittance ere day end."

The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. "Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goes slower."

Synonyms: Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.

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Etymology of 'Forbearance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forbearance" Quotes from Famous Books

... in fidelity to its obligations of duty, in fidelity to every form of integrity, in generous self-sacrifice on the field of contest, if it be required, and in Christian sympathy with the toleration and forbearance which should come ...

— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various

... hour later the troops had gone away with the Mullah and his thirteen friends. The dazed villagers were looking ruefully at a pile of broken muskets and snapped swords, and wondering how in the world they had come so to miscalculate the forbearance of ...

— The Kipling Reader - Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling • Rudyard Kipling

... MR. SHACKELFORD: There has been no steam in the third-floor editorial rooms this afternoon. Somebody must be responsible for this brutal neglect, which is of so frequent occurrence that forbearance has ceased to be a virtue. I appeal to you in the hope that you will be able to correct the outrage. Does it not seem an injustice that the writers of this paper should be put at the mercy of sub-cellar hands, who are continually demonstrating ...

— Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson

... Mass and "Dante" which you promise to send to me. Mind you keep your word. I have asked the Hartels to send you proof sheets of the first act of "Tristan." Perhaps you have received them by this time. The Hartels treat me with much forbearance. At first when I thought that the score would be finished this autumn, I prodded them on terribly. Since then I have left them miserably in the lurch. Before the end of December I cannot think of sending them the second act. I cannot help this, because I must ...

— Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2 • Francis Hueffer (translator)

... lame and dumb? No! Your brothers would claim it was a trial of your forbearance, to which God had submitted you. No; you ...

— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead

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