forbearance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /fɔɹ-/ (General-American)
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- /foːˈbiəɹɘn(t)s/ (New-Zealand)
- /fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /foːˈbeəɹən(t)s/ (Australia)
- /fɔː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Germanic *fra- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-Germanic *fraberaną Old English forberan Middle English forberen English forbear Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English forbearance From forbear (“to keep away from, avoid”) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states).
Meanings
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(uncountable) The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.
Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: / The truth appeares ſo naked on my ſide, / That any purblind eye may find it out.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], page 103, column 2:Then true nobleſſe vvould / Learne him forbearance from ſo foule a vvrong, / VVhat ſubject can giue ſentence on his King: […]
1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], signature H, verso:Yet apprehenſive that his forbearance to obey, vvould be more alarming, he repeated in a faltering and lovv voice the follovving lines: […]
1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter IV, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 133:[…] Death denounc't that day, / VVhich he preſumes already vain and void, / Becauſe not yet inflicted, as he fear'd, / By ſome immediate ſtroak; but ſoon ſhall find / Forbearance no acquittance ere day end.
1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature Kk, verso, lines 49–53:Polyphilus […] at the univerſity vvas diſtinguiſhed equally for his ſucceſsful progress, […] vvithout any ſtrict confinement to hours of ſtudy, or remarkable forbearance of the common amuſements of young men.
1750 June 1 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 19. Monday, May 22. 1750.”, in The Rambler, 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1751, →OCLC, page 150:
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(uncountable) The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this. ▸ The action of refraining from enforcing something which is due (such as a debt or obligation) or a right which one has; (countable) an instance of this.
It is neceſſary that there ſhould be a ſtated Rate of Intereſt, that in Debts and Forbearances, vvhere Contract has not ſetled it betvveen the Parties, the Lavv might give a Rule, and Courts of Judicature might knovv vvhat Damages to allovv: […]
1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC, page 101:
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(uncountable) The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this. ▸ Restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control; indulgence, lenity.
I would have been nine or ten when my mother chased me up a thorn tree with a ceremonial hippo-hide whip. What my crime was, I forget. My mother was, and remains, a woman of exceptional forbearance. I must have done something so obnoxious as to beggar belief.
2003, David Bennun, “After the Earthquake”, in Tick Bite Fever, London: Ebury Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 87:Though I would give no information, he discovered, through some of the other servants, both her place of residence, and the existence of the child. Still he didn’t molest her; for which forbearance she might thank his aversion, I suppose.
1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter III, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume II, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, pages 63–64:"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 33:If I have little, others have leſſe; If I feele paine, ſome others, torture: If their ſufferings be juſt, my forbearances are mercifull; my proviſions, to theirs liberall: […]
1645, Jos[eph] Hall, “Sect[ion] IX. Consideration of the Worse Condition of Others.”, in The Remedy of Discontentment: Or, A Treatise of Contentation in whatsoever Condition: […], London: […] J. G. for Nath[aniel] Brooks, […], published 1652, →OCLC, page 43:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forbearances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
unforbearance · unforbearance · unforbearance
Coordinates
Deriveds
unforbearance · forbearance money
Relateds
forbear · forgiveness · forbearant
Synonyms
Translations (53)
cmn 克制 (action of forbearing; an instance of this) · cmn 忍耐 (action of forbearing; an instance of this) · it sopportazione (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de Beherrschung (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · cmn 寬容 /宽容 (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · ru возде́ржанность (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · cmn 延期執行 /延期执行 (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · uk терпеливість (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de Stundung (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · hu béketűrés (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · ro reținere (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · bg търпеливост (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de geduldige Hinnahme (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de Duldsamkeit (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · nl lankmoedigheid (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · nl geduld (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de Unterlassen (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · ga fulaingt (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · cmn 節制 /节制 (action of forbearing; an instance of this) · cmn 寬限期 /宽限期 (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · ota پرهیز (action of forbearing; an instance of this) · fi pidättyminen (action of forbearing; an instance of this) · de Unterlassung (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · uk терпіння (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · fr longanimité (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de Nachsicht (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · es templanza (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · cmn 克制 (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de geduldiges Gewährenlassen (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · cs shovívavost (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · it tolleranza (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de Geduld (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · fi anteeksianto (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · grc ἀνοχή (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · bg въздържаност (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · ru отсро́чка (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · th ขันติ (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · ro a se reține (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · ro răbdare (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de Zurückhaltung (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · cmn 忍耐 (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · ar حِلْم (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · pt paciência (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · de Langmut (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · ru терпе́ние (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · bg отсрочка (action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this) · cs zdrženlivost (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · it pazienza (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · fi kärsivällisyys (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · ru терпи́мость (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · th ความยับยั้งชั่งใจ (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control) · th ความอดทน (restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control)