Dictionary Entry
forbearance
forbearance is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
- 2noun
The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
- 3noun
a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
"his forbearance to reply was alarming"
- 4noun
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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