forbearance
/for-BAIR-unss/nounpatient self-control; tolerance
“The lender showed forbearance on three missed payments.”
- Synonyms
- patience, restraint, tolerance
- Antonyms
- impatience, retaliation
- Memory hook
- forbear: holding back what you could unleash.
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