English-Thai Dictionary

forbearance

N ความอดกลั้น  ขันติ  ความอดทน  การ บังคับ จิตใจ  การ ข่มใจ  patience tolerance impatience kwam-aod-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORBEARANCE

n. 1. The act of avoiding, shunning or omitting; either the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a withholding from beginning an act. Liberty is the power of doing or forbearing an action, according as the doing or forbearance has a preference in the mind. The forbearance of sin is followed with satisfaction of mind.
2. Command of temper; restraint of passions.
3. The exercise of patience; long suffering; indulgence towards those who injure us; lenity; delay of resentment or punishment.
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long suffering? Romans 2:4.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORBEARANCE

FORBEARANCE For *bear "ance, n.

 

Defn: The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton.

 

2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goeShak.

 

Syn. -- Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forbearance

for bear ance |fôrˈberəns, fər -fɔrˈbɛrəns | ▶noun formal patient self-control; restraint and tolerance: forbearance from taking action. • Law the action of refraining from exercising a legal right, esp. enforcing the payment of a debt.

 

Oxford Dictionary

forbearance

for |bear |ance |fɔːˈbɛːr (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] patient self-control; restraint and tolerance: his unfailing courtesy and forbearance under great provocation. • Law the action of refraining from exercising a legal right, especially enforcing the payment of a debt.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forbearance

forbearance noun we are proud of the forbearance you have demonstrated during these difficult weeks: tolerance, patience, resignation, endurance, fortitude, stoicism; leniency, clemency, indulgence; restraint, self-restraint, self-control. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See abstinence . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forbearance

forbearance noun her unfailing courtesy and forbearance under provocation: tolerance, toleration, patience, resignation, endurance, fortitude, stoicism, long-sufferingness, leniency, lenity, clemency, indulgence; restraint, self-restraint, self-control, moderation, temperance, mildness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forbearance

for bear ance /fɔː r bé ə r (ə )ns /名詞 U 1 ｟かたく ｠我慢すること, 慎むこと, 忍耐 (patience ), 自制 ; 寛容 .2 〘法 〙(権利行使の )差し控え, (借金の )返済期限の延期 .