Forbearance

  • 91avoidance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refraining from Nouns 1. (act of avoiding) avoidance, evasion, default, circumvention, elusion, dodge, sidestep; abstinence, forbearance, refraining (See asceticism); departure; escape, flight; truancy,… …

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  • 92disuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of use Nouns 1. disuse, forbearance, abstinence; obsoleteness, [planned] obsolescence; relinquishment; cessation, discontinuance; abandonment; castaway, throwaway, reject. Informal, cold storage.… …

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  • 93moderation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Keeping within limits Nouns 1. moderation, moderateness, temperance, continence, temperateness, gentleness; self restraint, self control, asceticism, abstinence; teetotalism, soberness, sobriety; quiet,… …

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  • 94pardon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. forgive, excuse; release; overlook, tolerate. n. excuse, release, forgiveness; indulgence; remission; toleration. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The reduction or removal of punishment] Syn. absolution,… …

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  • 95resignation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Giving up Nouns 1. resignation, demission, retirement, abdication, withdrawal, surrender, quitting; relinquishment. See submission. 2. resignedness, patience, forbearance, long suffering, sufferance,… …

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  • 96temperance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See moderation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. moderation, restraint, abstinence, self control, forbearance, self denial, self restraint, abnegation, frugality, sobriety, soberness, abstemiousness,… …

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  • 97indulgence — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Humoring] Syn. coddling, pampering, petting, overweening attention, fondling, babying, spoiling, placating, pleasing, toadying, favoring, kowtowing, gratifying, catering to. 2. [Forbearance] Syn. allowance, lenience,… …

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  • 98Disuse — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disuse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 forbearance forbearance abstinence Sgm: N 1 disuse disuse Sgm: N 1 relinquishment relinquishment &c. 782 Sgm: N 1 desuetude desuetude &c.(want of habit) 614 Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 99Forgiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Forgiveness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 forgiveness forgiveness pardon condonation grace remission absolution amnesty oblivion Sgm: N 1 indulgence indulgence Sgm: N 1 reprieve reprieve …

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  • 100Temperance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Temperance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 temperance temperance moderation sobriety soberness GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 forbearance forbearance abnegation Sgm: N 2 self denial self denial self restraint …

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