<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.</li><li>Synonyms: abstinence.</li><li>forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control: Their teacher exhibited great forbearance when the children started acting up in class.</li><li>Synonyms: indulgence, sufferance, toleration, tolerance.</li><li>an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.</li><li>Finance: a form of repayment relief granted by a lender that temporarily postpones payments due from a borrower, while interest on the loan typically continues to accrue: When he had difficulty making his monthly mortgage payments, the bank granted a forbearance, so he avoided foreclosure on his home.</li></ul>