forbearance

== English == === Etymology === From forbear +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːˈbɛː.ɹən(t)s/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹˈbɛɹ.ən(t)s/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /foːˈbeə.ɹən(t)s/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /foːˈbiəɹɘn(t)s/ === Noun === forbearance (countable and uncountable, plural forbearances) Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation. A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== (debt cancellation): deferment ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== forbear forbearant ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === forbearance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “forbearance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “forbearance”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “forbearance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.