All 3 Uses of
forbearance
in
Persuasion
- give them all hints of the forbearance necessary between such near neighbours
Chpt 6 *forbearance = patience, tolerance, or self-control
- I believe you equal to every important exertion, and to every domestic forbearance, so long as—if I may be allowed the expression—so long as you have an object.†
Chpt 23
- Glowing and lovely in sensibility and happiness, and more generally admired than she thought about or cared for, she had cheerful or forbearing feelings for every creature around her.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(forbearance) patience, tolerance, or self-control
or:
refraining (holding back) from acting -- especially temporarily not collecting debt payments on a loaneditor's notes: The word, forbearance, is commonly used in the field of law to indicate that a legal right, claim or privilege is not being enforced.