ALL meanings of forbearance
for·bear·ance
F f - noun forbearance Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance. 1
- noun forbearance patience, self-control 1
- noun forbearance the act of forbearing; a refraining from something. 1
- noun forbearance forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control. 1
- noun forbearance an abstaining from the enforcement of a right. 1
- noun forbearance a creditor's giving of indulgence after the day originally fixed for payment. 1
- uncountable noun forbearance If you say that someone has shown forbearance, you admire them for behaving in a calm and sensible way about something that they have a right to be very upset or angry about. 0
- noun forbearance the act of forbearing 0
- noun forbearance self-control; patience 0
- noun forbearance abstention from or postponement of the enforcement of a legal right, esp by a creditor allowing his debtor time to pay 0
- noun forbearance the quality of being forbearing; self-control; patient restraint 0
- noun forbearance the act by which a creditor extends time for payment of a debt or forgoes for a time the right to enforce legal action on the debt 0