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| for·bear·ance [ fawr bérrənss, fər bérrənss ] |
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1. patience: patience, tolerance, or self-control, especially in not responding to provocation
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2. refraining from action: the fact of deliberately not doing or saying something when you could do or say it
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3. law refraining from legal right: the fact of not exercising a legal right, especially of not insisting on payment of a debt at the due date and giving the debtor more time to pay
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