Forbearance

  • 11forbearance — noun (U) formal patience, self control, and willingness to forgive someone: Higgins accepted the decision with commendable forbearance …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12forbearance — noun we are proud of the forbearance you have demonstrated during these difficult weeks Syn: tolerance, patience, resignation, endurance, fortitude, stoicism; leniency, clemency, indulgence; restraint, self restraint, self control See note at… …

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  • 13forbearance — Refraining from doing something that one has a legal right to do. Giving of further time for repayment of obligation or agreement not to enforce claim at its due date. Crestwood Lumber Co. v. Citizens Sav. & Loan Ass n, 83 C.A.3d 819, 148… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 14forbearance — Refraining from doing something that one has a legal right to do. Giving of further time for repayment of obligation or agreement not to enforce claim at its due date. Crestwood Lumber Co. v. Citizens Sav. & Loan Ass n, 83 C.A.3d 819, 148… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 15forbearance agreement — An agreement between a creditor and a debtor. A forbearance agreement is utilized when a debtor has defaulted or is likely to default. Under the terms of the forbearance agreement, the debtor is given more time to make loan payments, a reduction… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 16forbearance — noun Date: 1576 1. a refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due 2. the act of forbearing ; patience 3. the quality of being forbearing ; leniency …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17forbearance — /fawr bair euhns/, n. 1. the act of forbearing; a refraining from something. 2. forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self control. 3. an abstaining from the enforcement of a right. 4. a creditor s giving of indulgence after the day… …

    Universalium

  • 18forbearance — noun a) Restraint under provocation. b) A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due. See Also: forbear …

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  • 19forbearance — Synonyms and related words: abandonment, abeyance, abjuration, abjurement, abnegation, acceptance, avoidance, avoiding reaction, benevolence, cessation, charitableness, charity, circumvention, clemency, clementness, cold storage, commiseration,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20forbearance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [self ]restraint; patience, long suffering; temperance, clemency, leniency; mercy, pardon. See avoidance, disuse, resignation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. restraint, self control, tolerance; see… …

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