forbearance.
The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.
Meaning & usage
The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.
The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this. 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.
The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this. Restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control; indulgence, lenity.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Germanic *fra- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-Germanic *fraberaną Old English forberan Middle English forberen English forbear Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English forbearance From forbear (“to keep away from, avoid”) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states).
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