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forbearance

[fawr-bair-uhns] Origin

for·bear·ance

[fawr-bair-uhns]
noun
1.
the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
2.
forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.
3.
an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.
4.
a creditor's giving of indulgence after the day originally fixed for payment.

Origin:
1570–80; forbear1 + -ance

non·for·bear·ance, noun


1. abstinence. 2. tolerance, toleration, sufferance; indulgence.

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forbearance (fɔːˈbɛərəns)
 
n
1.  the act of forbearing
2.  self-control; patience
3.  law abstention from or postponement of the enforcement of a legal right, esp by a creditor allowing his debtor time to pay

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forbearance
1560s, originally legal, from forbear (v.).
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