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Definition
refraining (holding back) from actingor:
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...
- 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
- The guards, too, treated the common criminals with a certain forbearance, even when they had to handle them roughly.George Orwell -- 1984
- 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
- Either forbear, quit presently the chapel, or resolve you for more amazement.William Shakespeare -- The Winter's Tale
- My night-blooming cereus throwed a flower tonight, and I couldn't forbear to bring you it.Eudora Welty -- The Golden Apples
- Love, lend me patience to forbear awhile.William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- 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, for shame, my lords.William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII
- For love of God, forbear him!William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Starbuck grasped Ahab by the arm—"God, God is against thee, old man; forbear!"Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
- If ... you appeal to my forbearance, and the mercy of those you have deeply injured, ...Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
- 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
- Take of my fruit for others or forbear,C.S. Lewis -- The Magician's Nephew
- ...and he seems to have felt pity for her, and forbearance towards her.Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
- I could not forbear shaking my head, and smiling a little at his ignorance.Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels
forbearance = patience, tolerance, or self-control
forbearance = patience, tolerance, or self-control
forbearance = patience or self-control
forbear = refrain from
forbear = stop (refrain from acting)
forbear = resist (refrain from acting)
forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
forbear = refrain (hold back)
forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
forbear = stop (hold back from acting)
forbear = refrain
forbearance = tolerance (to hold back from acting)
forbearance = refraining (holding back) from acting
or:
patience, tolerance, or self-control
or:
patience, tolerance, or self-control
forbear = refrain (hold back)
forbearance = patience or tolerance
forbear = stop myself from (refrain from)