Both Uses of
forbearance
in
The Iliad by Homer (translated by: Lang, Leaf, & Myers)
- Verily with such strength as is in me forbear I not, but ever since we drave them towards Ilios I watch with my bow to slay the foemen.†
Book 8 *forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting
- The Trojans hold my arms; and my dear mother bade me forbear to array me until I behold her with my eyes returned, for she promised to bring fair armour from Hephaistos.†
Book 18
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