3 uses
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Definition
refraining (holding back) from acting
or:
patience, tolerance, or self-control
or:
patience, tolerance, or self-control
- She had the easily stirred passions of her Irish father and nothing except the thinnest veneer of her mother's unselfish and forbearing nature.1.3 (95% in)
- She forbore to say anything as she looked at the two sheets but Ashley read her face.5.51 (25% in)
- This worked great hardship and strained the tact and forbearance of the unrelated half of the town, for the India-Melanie feud made a rupture in practically every social organization.5.55 (79% in)
There are no more uses of "forbearance" in Gone with the Wind.
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