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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbearance \For*bear"ance\, n.
The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
He soon shall findForbearance 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 goe? slower. --Shak.
Syn: Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
forbearance
n : good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: {patience},
{longanimity}] [ant: {impatience}]
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