forbearance

== English == === Etymology === From forbear (“to keep away from, avoid”) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/, /fɔː-/ (General American) IPA(key): /fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/, /fɔɹ-/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /foːˈbeəɹən(t)s/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /foːˈbiəɹɘn(t)s/ Hyphenation: for‧bear‧ance === Noun === forbearance (countable and uncountable, plural forbearances) (uncountable) The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this. Antonym: unforbearance (uncountable) 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. Coordinate term: deferment (uncountable) Restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control; indulgence, lenity. Synonym: patience ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === forbearance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “forbearance”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “forbearance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “forbearance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.