forbearance

[forĀ·bearĀ·ance]

When a teacher says, "Bear with me for a moment," while he writes on the board, he is asking for the class's forbearance. He wants them to wait patiently during the delay.

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The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

Noun
a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"

Noun
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence


n.
The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

n.
The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.


Forbearance

For*bear"ance , n. The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day end.
2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goe slower.
Syn. -- Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.

The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

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Usage Examples

We have not sought this conflict we have sought too long to avoid it our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands.

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Other Usage Examples

And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.

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