Associations to the word «Forbearance»
Noun
- Reluctance
- Resignation
- Weakness
- Perfection
- Affection
- Morality
- Caution
- Submission
- Necessity
- Attachment
- Mankind
- Arising
- Spirit
- Reproach
- Counsel
- Strife
- Obligation
- Superstition
- Courage
- Self
- Violation
- Dignity
- Respect
- Feeling
- Dealing
- Lesson
- Admiration
- Regard
- Humanity
- Countryman
- Resentment
- Circumstance
- Contrary
- Fault
- Conviction
- Discretion
- Friendship
- Indifference
- Confidence
- Quarrel
- Promise
- Treat
- Meditation
- Peace
- Acceptance
- Faith
- Conscience
- Appeal
- Anger
- Motive
- Sovereignty
- Folly
- Limit
- Remark
- Occasion
- Proceeding
- Disappointment
- Truth
- Governed
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
FORBEARANCE, noun. Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
FORBEARANCE, noun. A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
Dictionary definition
FORBEARANCE, noun. Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
FORBEARANCE, noun. A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.