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forbearance

English

Etymology

From forbear +? -ance.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /f???be??n(t)s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f???b????n(t)s/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /fo??bi???n(t)s/

Noun

forbearance (countable and uncountable, plural forbearances)

  1. Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
  2. A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.

Synonyms

  • patience
  • restraint
  • thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)
  • forgiveness

Related terms

  • forbear

Translations

Further reading

  • forbearance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • forbearance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • forbearance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • forbearance at OneLook Dictionary Search

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longanimity

English

Etymology

From Late Latin longanimit?s, from longanimus, translating Ancient Greek ?????????? (makrothumía).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /l?????n?m?ti/

Noun

longanimity (uncountable)

  1. (now rare) Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
      It had overcome the patience of Job, as it did the meekness of Moses, and would surely have mastered any, but the longanimity, and lasting sufferance of God [...].

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