forbearance UK /fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/US /fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/ noun3 •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. — 1591 •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: […] — 1645 •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. formsforbearances
