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

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

noun. The act or state of forbearing; the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a refraining from beginning an act.

noun. Command of temper; restraint of passions; long-suffering; indulgence toward an offender or injurer; lenity.

noun. In law, an abstaining from the enforcement of a right; specifically, a creditor's giving of indulgence after the day originally fixed for payment: as, the loan or forbearance of money.

noun. A withdrawing; a keeping aloof.

noun. Synonyms Abstinence, refraining.

noun. Patience, indulgence, mildness.

noun. The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

noun. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.

noun. Restraint under provocation.

noun. A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.

noun. a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting

noun. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

"_Which_, retaining its office as connective, may as an adjective accompany its noun; as, I craved his forbearance a little longer, _which forbearance_ he allowed me.] +A _Personal Pronoun_ is a pronoun that by its form denotes the speaker, the one spoken to, or the one spoken of+."

endurance  patience  toleration  

forbear  

delay  good nature  holdup  

Clarence  Terence  Terrance  Terrence  clarence  

affability  benignity  candour  clemency  disinterestedness  

abandonment  abeyance  abjuration  abjurement  abnegation