forbearance
General noun
Patient self-control and restraint in the face of provocation.
He treated the heckler with a forbearance that shamed the crowd into silence.
Law noun
A creditor's deliberate choice to hold off enforcing a right it could otherwise assert.
The bank's forbearance on the covenant breach bought the company another quarter.
Business noun
A lender's agreement to reduce or temporarily suspend a borrower's repayments during a period of financial difficulty.
The bank granted six months of forbearance so the struggling family could avoid repossession.
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