All 6 Uses
forbearance
in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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- Better forbear till Proteus make return.†
Scene 2.7forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
- Villain, forbear.†
Scene 3.1
- Sirrah, I say, forbear.†
Scene 3.1
- Love, lend me patience to forbear awhile.
Scene 5.4 *
- Forbear, forbear, I say; it is my lord the duke.†
Scene 5.4
- Forbear, forbear, I say; it is my lord the duke.†
Scene 5.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(forbearance) patient tolerance or self-control; or holding back from taking action or enforcing a rightToday, the word, forbearance, is most commonly seen in the field of law to indicate that a legal right, claim or privilege is not being enforced.
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(2)
(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