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Meanings of forbearance in English

Portuguese
longanimidade
Catalan
tolerància
Spanish
paciencia

Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.

longanimidade
Synonyms
Examples for "patience"
Examples for "patience"
1
It requires patience, resources and a culture of commitment to public health.
The Guardian
2
Waiting your turn outside a public telephone box requires a particular patience.
The Irish Times
3
They have pursued their long campaign over thirty-eight years with great patience.
The Irish Times
4
It requires more patience, but given time, the results are more certain.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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The issue, it seems, is simply one of time, effort and patience.
Reuters
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Objection 1: It seems that patience is the same as longanimity.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
2
Therefore it seems that patience is the same as longanimity.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
3
Indiana's longanimity grew almost solemn.
The Custom of the Country
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But impatience is contrary to longanimity, whereby one awaits a delay: for one is said to be impatient of delay, as of other evils.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
5
LONGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
The Devil's Dictionary
Usage of forbearance in English
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An instance of his forbearance under provocation is afforded in the following:-
Robert Moffat / The Missionary Hero of Kuruman
2
Verily, the shyest love presumes much upon the forbearance of the gods.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
3
She was no subject for angry reproof; but for pity and forbearance.
All's for the Best
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Borrowers then become ineligible for further financial aid, deferment and forbearance programs.
Reuters
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And I ask the reader's forbearance for the necessary personal history involved.
The Celebrity, Volume 01
6
But the forbearance even of the diplomatic Iorson was at an end.
A Versailles Christmas-Tide
7
In fact he was relieved-andgrateful to gentle Toby for his forbearance.
All the sad young literary men
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He begged their forbearance for his lengthy absences from the Wilmette house.
The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
9
Such a woman can exist only in an atmosphere of angelic forbearance.
The Alkahest
10
Perhaps there was more of forbearance in that silence than she realized.
The Top of the World
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They counselled forbearance; they would wait for the doctor and his lecture.
The Blind Spot
12
The FSA will use the EBA's definitions of forbearance and non-performing loans.
Reuters
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For the forbearance Captain Graffenreid was conscious of a sense of gratitude.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
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But you see that your neighbors have reached the limit of forbearance.
Driven Back to Eden
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His instinct of forbearance had served him better than the subtlest art.
Indian Summer
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The fact was, that Washington treated Randolph with great kindness and forbearance.
George Washington, Volume II
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Forbearance through the time
Forbearance across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common