forbearance
pronunciation
How to pronounce forbearance in British English:
UK [fɔ:ˈbeərəns]
How to pronounce forbearance in American English:
US [fɔrˈberəns]
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- Noun:
- good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
Word Origin
- forbearance (n.)
- 1570s, originally legal, in reference to enforcement of debt obligations, from forbear (v.) + -ance. General sense of "a refraining from" is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. There are some positive reasons for their forbearance .
- 2. It pursued a policy of deliberate forbearance .
- 3. The south has shown remarkable forbearance , but the risk of a wider confrontation grows with each incident .
- 4. Us forbearance will not last forever .
- 5. But that forbearance has been temporary and conditional .