All 4 Uses of
forbearance
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- To hear, or forbear laughing?†
Scene 1.1forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
- To hear meekly, sir, and to laugh moderately; or, to forbear both.
Scene 1.1 *
- Forbear till this company be past.†
Scene 1.2
- forbear; Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear.†
Scene 5.2
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