All 3 Uses of

forbearance

in

Absalom, Absalom!

Sutpen never raised his voice at them, that instead he led them, caught them at the psychological instant by example, by some ascendancy of forbearance rather than by brute fear.
Chpt 2 *

forbearance = refraining (holding back) from acting OR patience, tolerance, or self-control

talk in public: 'At this time, while our country is struggling to rise from beneath the iron heel of a tyrant oppressor, when the very future of the South as a place bearable for our women and children to live in depends on the labor of our own hands, when the tools which we have to use, to depend on, are the pride and integrity and forbearance of black men and the pride and integrity and forbearance of white; that you, I say, a white man a white—' and your grandfather trying to reach him, stop him, trying to push through the crowd, saying, Jim.†
Chpt 6

to rise from beneath the iron heel of a tyrant oppressor, when the very future of the South as a place bearable for our women and children to live in depends on the labor of our own hands, when the tools which we have to use, to depend on, are the pride and integrity and forbearance of black men and the pride and integrity and forbearance of white; that you, I say, a white man a white—' and your grandfather trying to reach him, stop him, trying to push through the crowd, saying, Jim.†
Chpt 6

Definition:

patience, tolerance, or self-control

or:

refraining (holding back) from acting -- especially temporarily not collecting debt payments on a loan

The word, forbearance, is commonly used in the field of law to indicate that a legal right, claim or privilege is not being enforced.