All 3 Uses of
forbearance
in
As You Like It
- Forbear, and eat no more.
Scene 2.6 *forbear = stop (refrain or hold back from acting)
- But forbear, I say; He dies that touches any of this fruit Till I and my affairs are answered.†
Scene 2.6
- Then but forbear your food a little while, Whiles, like a doe, I go to find my fawn, And give it food.†
Scene 2.6
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.