forbearance
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Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
forbearance (plural forbearances)
- Restraint under provocation.
- A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
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Translations [edit]
restraint under provocation
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not enforcing something due
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External links [edit]
- forbearance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- forbearance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- forbearance at OneLook Dictionary Search
