Forbearance Definition

fôr-bârəns
noun
The act of forbearing.
Webster's New World
The quality of being forbearing; self-control; patient restraint.
Webster's New World
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
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Other Word Forms of Forbearance

Noun

Singular:
forbearance
Plural:
forbearances

Origin of Forbearance

  • From forbear +‎ -ance.

    From Wiktionary

Forbearance Sentence Examples

  • He treated them all with forbearance, and it is said that when the correspondence of Cassius was brought him he burnt it without reading it.

  • He was merciful as a conqueror, stern as a disciplinarian, enterprising and wary as a general; while his courage, loyalty and forbearance seem to have been almost unsullied.

  • Forbearance doesn't change the amount of money you owe to creditors.

  • A forbearance agreement was not followed by the servicer.

  • They spoke, therefore, of Mrs. Churchill's death with mutual forbearance.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With F11 Letter Words Ending With E