forbearance

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔː-/
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• General-American: /fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/
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• General-American: /fɔɹ-/
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• Australian: /foːˈbeəɹən(t)s/
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• New-Zealand: /foːˈbiəɹɘn(t)s/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO0 R B EH1 R AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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 *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos 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).

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 克制 (kèzhì) — action of forbearing; an instance of this
• Chinese Mandarin: 節制 /节制 (jiézhì) — action of forbearing; an instance of this
• Chinese Mandarin: 忍耐 (rěnnài) — action of forbearing; an instance of this
• Finnish: pidättyminen — action of forbearing; an instance of this
• Ottoman Turkish: پرهیز (perhiz) — action of forbearing; an instance of this
• Bulgarian: отсрочка (otsročka) — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬限期 /宽限期 — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• Chinese Mandarin: 延期執行 /延期执行 (yánqī zhíxíng) — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• Czech: shovívavost — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• Finnish: anteeksianto — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• German: Nachsicht — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• German: Stundung — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• German: Unterlassen — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• German: Unterlassung — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• Romanian: a se reține — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• Romanian: reținere — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• Russian: отсро́чка (otsróčka) — action of refraining from enforcing something which is due or a right which one has; an instance of this
• Arabic: حِلْم (ḥilm) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Bulgarian: търпеливост (tǎrpelivost) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Bulgarian: въздържаност (vǎzdǎržanost) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Chinese Mandarin: 忍耐 (rěnnài) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Chinese Mandarin: 寬容 /宽容 (kuānróng) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Chinese Mandarin: 克制 (kèzhì) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Czech: zdrženlivost — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Dutch: geduld — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Dutch: lankmoedigheid — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Finnish: kärsivällisyys — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• French: longanimité — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• German: Beherrschung — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• German: Duldsamkeit — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• German: Geduld — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• German: geduldige Hinnahme — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• German: geduldiges Gewährenlassen — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• German: Langmut — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• German: Zurückhaltung — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 (laggamōdei) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Ancient Greek: ἀνοχή (anokhḗ) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Hungarian: béketűrés — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Irish: fulaingt — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Italian: pazienza — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Italian: sopportazione — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Italian: tolleranza — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Portuguese: paciência — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Romanian: răbdare — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Russian: терпе́ние (terpénije) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Russian: терпи́мость (terpímostʹ) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Russian: возде́ржанность (vozdéržannostʹ) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Spanish: templanza — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Thai: ความยับยั้งชั่งใจ — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Thai: ขันติ — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Thai: ความอดทน (kwaam-òt-ton) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Ukrainian: терпеливість (terpelývist’) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control
• Ukrainian: терпіння (terpínn’a) — restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control