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forbearance (iou)



forbearance noun. L16.
[from FORBEAR verb + -ANCE.]
Abstinence from enforcing what is due, esp. the payment of a debt. L16.
Proverb: Forbearance is no quittance.
The action or habit of forbearing; an instance of this. L16.
T. Jefferson Laws which rendered criminal..the forbearance of repairing to church. G. Grote The various acts and forbearances which a man supposes to constitute the sum of his duty.
Forbearing conduct or spirit; patient endurance, lenity. L16.
D. Brewster The man of the world treats the institutions of religion with more respect and forbearance. A. Powell He behaved with great forbearance when I let his fire out.
Comb.: forbearance money money paid to a creditor, in addition to interest, for allowing late payment of a debt.