forbearance

About 0.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); an instance of this.
2. noun The action of refraining from enforcing something which is due (such as a debt or obligation) or a right which one has; an instance of this.
3. noun Restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control; indulgence, lenity.

Similar words

longanimity patience patient toleration tolerance abstention leniency abstain forgiveness mercy

Often followed by

and of in to is on which towards was

Word family

forbearances