forbearance

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /fɔrbεrəns/

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Noun

Singular forbearance

Plural forbearances

1. (uncountable) If you say that someone has shown forbearance, you admire them for behaving in a calm and sensible way about something that they have a right to be very upset or angry about.

   His unfailing forbearance under great provocation shocked me.