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Forbearance Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ance

Forbearance has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

2

a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting

"his forbearance to reply was alarming"

3

Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.

Related Terms
Antonyms
impatience
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
good nature delay
Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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