All 3 Uses of
forbearance
in
Gone with the Wind
- She had the easily stirred passions of her Irish father and nothing except the thinnest veneer of her mother's unselfish and forbearing nature.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- She forbore to say anything as she looked at the two sheets but Ashley read her face.†
Chpt 5.51
- This worked great hardship and strained the tact and forbearance of the unrelated half of the town, for the India-Melanie feud made a rupture in practically every social organization.†
Chpt 5.55
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.