Sample sentences for FORBEARANCE

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Definition

refraining (holding back) from acting

or:

patience, tolerance, or self-control

The form, forbears is typically a verb, but can be an alternate spelling of the noun forebears; i.e., ancestors. Note that these words put the emphasis on different syllables: for-BEARS v. FORE-bears

She recommended regulatory forbearance while the banks repair their balance sheets.

forbearance = refraining (holding back) from acting

We are to be tested in our patience, our forbearance, our perseverance, our power to endure wrong...

forbearance = patience, tolerance, or self-control

As neither can CONTROL the other, each will have an obvious and sensible interest in this reciprocal forbearance.
Hamilton, Alexander -- Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton
...there are some traits in her character which make it difficult for me to speak of her with the forbearance I could wish.
Jane Austen -- Emma
She really liked and admired Emily; and, as the elder woman and the hostess, she set an example of forbearance and good humor.
Collins, Wilkie -- I Say No
We are to be tested in our patience, our forbearance, our perseverance, our power to endure wrong...
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

forbearance = patience, tolerance, or self-control

The guards, too, treated the common criminals with a certain forbearance, even when they had to handle them roughly.
George Orwell -- 1984

forbearance = patience or self-control

The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

forbearance = good natured tolerance and restraint

Forbear this outrage!
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

forbear = stop

Edmund saw weariness and distress in her face, and immediately resolved to forbear all farther discussion; and not even to mention the name of Crawford again, except as it might be connected with what must be agreeable to her.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

forbear = refrain from

Either forbear, quit presently the chapel, or resolve you for more amazement.
William Shakespeare -- The Winter's Tale

forbear = stop (refrain from acting)

Love, lend me patience to forbear awhile.
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting

It was rightly guessed that I could not forbear to redeem the Arkenstone, the treasure of my house.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Hobbit

forbear = refrain (hold back)

Forbear, for shame, my lords.
William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII

forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting

For love of God, forbear him!
William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

forbear = stop (hold back from acting)

Starbuck grasped Ahab by the arm—"God, God is against thee, old man; forbear!"
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick

forbear = refrain

If ... you appeal to my forbearance, and the mercy of those you have deeply injured, ...
Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist

forbearance = tolerance (to hold back from acting)

We looked at each other, trembling on the brink of a quarrel, bitterness parting the threads of forbearance one by one,
Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve

forbearance = refraining (holding back) from acting

or:

patience, tolerance, or self-control

Take of my fruit for others or forbear,
C.S. Lewis -- The Magician's Nephew

forbear = refrain (hold back)

...and he seems to have felt pity for her, and forbearance towards her.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

forbearance = patience or tolerance

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