forbearance
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forbearance
- /fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/ UK
- /fɔː-/ UK
- /fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/ US
- /fɔɹ-/ US
- /foːˈbeəɹən(t)s/ Australia
- /foːˈbiəɹɘn(t)s/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
From forbear (“to keep away from, avoid”) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states).
noun forbearances
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The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.
Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: / The truth appeares ſo naked on my ſide, / That any purblind eye may find it out.
Opposite: unforbearance
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The action of refraining from enforcing something which is due (such as a debt or obligation) or a right which one has; (countable) an instance of this.
It is neceſſary that there ſhould be a ſtated Rate of Intereſt, that in Debts and Forbearances, vvhere Contract has not ſetled it betvveen the Parties, the Lavv might give a Rule, and Courts of Judicature might knovv vvhat Damages to allovv: […]
Opposite: unforbearance
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Restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control; indulgence, lenity.
If I have little, others have leſſe; If I feele paine, ſome others, torture: If their ſufferings be juſt, my forbearances are mercifull; my proviſions, to theirs liberall: […]
Similar: patience · Opposite: unforbearance
Translations
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noun action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
| 中文 | 寬限期 /宽限期, 延期執行 /延期执行 yánqī zhíxíng |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Nachsicht, Stundung, Unterlassen, Unterlassung |
| Română | a se reține, reținere |
| Русский | отсро́чка otsróčka |
noun restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
| Español | templanza |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 忍耐 rěnnài, 寬容 /宽容 kuānróng, 克制 kèzhì |
| Português | paciência |
| Français | longanimité |
| Deutsch | Beherrschung, Duldsamkeit, Geduld, geduldige Hinnahme, geduldiges Gewährenlassen, Langmut |
| Italiano | pazienza, sopportazione, tolleranza |
| Română | răbdare |
| Русский | терпе́ние terpénije, терпи́мость terpímostʹ, возде́ржанность vozdéržannostʹ |
| العربية | حِلْم ḥilm |
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title = {forbearance},
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