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forbearance definition

for·bear·ance (fôr ber′əns)

noun

  1. the act of forbearing
  2. the quality of being forbearing; self-control; patient restraint
  3. Law the act by which a creditor extends time for payment of a debt or forgoes for a time the right to enforce legal action on the debt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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