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forbearance

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11 lettersPronunciation /fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/Part of speech nounSorted aabceefnorrStarts with FEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting

Word origin

From forbear (“to keep away from, avoid”) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states).

Used in a sentence

  • Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: / The truth appeares ſo naked on my ſide, / That any purblind eye may find it out.
  • Then true nobleſſe vvould / Learne him forbearance from ſo foule a vvrong, / VVhat ſubject can giue ſentence on his King: […]
  • […] Death denounc't that day, / VVhich he preſumes already vain and void, / Becauſe not yet inflicted, as he fear'd, / By ſome immediate ſtroak; but ſoon ſhall find / Forbearance no acquittance ere day end.

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