All 6 Uses of
forbearance
in
Sense and Sensibility
- She could consult with her brother, could receive her sister-in-law on her arrival, and treat her with proper attention; and could strive to rouse her mother to similar exertion, and encourage her to similar forbearance.†
Chpt 1 *forbearance = refraining (holding back) from acting OR patience, tolerance, or self-control
- Elinor wished that the same forbearance could have extended towards herself, but that was impossible, and she was obliged to listen day after day to the indignation of them all.†
Chpt 32
- Marianne was going to retort, but she remembered her promises, and forbore.†
Chpt 37forbore = refrained (held back) from acting
- Elinor's heart thanked her for such kindness towards Edward, though she could not forbear smiling at the form of it.†
Chpt 37forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
- Did I imitate your forbearance, or lessen your restraints, by taking any part in those offices of general complaisance or particular gratitude which you had hitherto been left to discharge alone?†
Chpt 46forbearance = refraining (holding back) from acting OR patience, tolerance, or self-control
- From you, from my home, I shall never again have the smallest incitement to move; and if I do mix in other society, it will be only to shew that my spirit is humbled, my heart amended, and that I can practise the civilities, the lesser duties of life, with gentleness and forbearance.†
Chpt 46
Definitions:
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(1)
(forbearance) patience, tolerance, or self-control
or:
refraining (holding back) from acting -- especially temporarily not collecting debt payments on a loanThe word, forbearance, is commonly used in the field of law to indicate that a legal right, claim or privilege is not being enforced. -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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