forbearancenoun [ U ]
uk/fɔːˈbeə.rəns/us/fɔːrˈber.əns/formalthe quality of being patient and being able to forgive someone or control yourself in a difficult situation:
[ + (that) ] He thanked his employees for the forbearance (that) they had shown during the company's difficult times.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Abstaining and refraining
- abstain
- abstemious
- abstention
- abstinence
- back off
- fast
- give
- give (sth) up
- give up sth
- hors de combat
- keep
- keep (sb/sth) out of sth
- not be in the business of sth idiom
- refrain
- step back
- stop
- stop short of sth idiom
- swear off sth
- touch
- wouldn't touch sth with a barge pole idiom
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