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forbearance

noun
/fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/UK/fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/US/foːˈbeəɹən(t)s/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Germanic *fra- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-Germanic *fraberaną Old English forberan Middle English forberen English forbear Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English forbearance From forbear (“to keep away from, avoid”) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states).

  1. derived from -ancebor
  2. derived from *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Germanic *fra- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-Germanic *fraberaną Old English forberan Middle English forberen English forbear Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader✻
  3. derived from *per-der✻

Definitions

  1. The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”)

    The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Derived

forbearance money, unforbearance

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forbearance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA