Dictionary entry

Forbearance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

For‐bear″ance (?), n. The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

He soon shall find

Forbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton.

2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.

Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goes slower. Shak.

Syn. — Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.