forbearance
/fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.
Uncountable
noun
The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.
Uncountable
noun
The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: / The truth appeares ſo naked on my ſide, / That any purblind eye may find it out."
- "Then true nobleſſe vvould / Learne him forbearance from ſo foule a vvrong, / VVhat ſubject can giue ſentence on his King: […]"
- "[…] Death denounc't that day, / VVhich he preſumes already vain and void, / Becauſe not yet inflicted, as he fear'd, / By ſome immediate ſtroak; but ſoon ſhall find / Forbearance no acquittance ere day end."
- "Polyphilus […] at the univerſity vvas diſtinguiſhed equally for his ſucceſsful progress, […] vvithout any ſtrict confinement to hours of ſtudy, or remarkable forbearance of the common amuſements of young men."
- "Yet apprehenſive that his forbearance to obey, vvould be more alarming, he repeated in a faltering and lovv voice the follovving lines: […]"
- "It is neceſſary that there ſhould be a ſtated Rate of Intereſt, that in Debts and Forbearances, vvhere Contract has not ſetled it betvveen the Parties, the Lavv might give a Rule, and Courts of Judicature might knovv vvhat Damages to allovv: […]"
Etymology
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 *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-Germanic *fraberaną Old English forberan Middle English forberen English forbear Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia 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).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/
- British English: /fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/
Usage
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Phrases
forbearance money