Both Uses of
forbearance
in
A Christmas Carol
- The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.
Chpt 1 *forbearance = good natured tolerance and restraint
- "If he be like to die, he had better do it, and
decrease the surplus population."
Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by
the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief.
"Man," said the Ghost, "if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is."
Chpt 3forbear = stop
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.