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forbearance

How to use forbearance in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for forbearance.

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That a woman's only protection is a man's forbearance.

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Quick take

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of forbearance gathered in one view.

noun

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forbearance.

noun

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

Example sentences

1

That a woman's only protection is a man's forbearance.

2

Been a long time for me, but I believe you can have a total forbearance time of 36 months over the life of your loan.

3

They don't, but judging from their messages on their homepage, they've gotten forbearance from their biggest creditors.

4

If anything, Google showed remarkable forbearance in holding off on such a desirable feature for so long, as it turns out, merely at Apple's say so.

5

If the former-student is unemployed or has such severe economic hardship that they can pay nothing, the borrower's loan can go into what they call forbearance.

6

Is there even a reasonable situation where a one-sided "forbearance agreement" is ever appropriate?

7

I can't see Apple looking kindly on developers deliberately routing around a system API to use a competitor's. Perhaps, given the current PR issues, they'd be forgiving in the app approval process for the moment, but I certainly wouldn't count on such forbearance.

8

Since that time, these encroachments have continued to increase, and further forbearance ceases to be a virtue...The General Government, as the common agent, passed laws to carry into effect these stipulations of the States.

9

Now, does it really matter if the NSA has root on the server or if it's just some sort of mirroring/splitting scheme?You seem all too happy to adopt the loaded language of the naysayers for someone claiming rational forbearance.

10

IP Nav told us that they could not divulge the details of their infringement claims not even the patent numbers or the patent owner unless we entered into a forbearance agreement basically, an agreement that we would not sue them.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use forbearance in a sentence?

That a woman's only protection is a man's forbearance.

What does forbearance mean?

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

What part of speech is forbearance?

forbearance is commonly used as noun.