noun · Medium SAT word

    Forbearance

    patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

    Forbearance in a sentence

    Her forbearance with the difficult student showed remarkable compassion.

    Synonyms for forbearance

    Antonyms for forbearance

    • impatience
    • intolerance
    • harshness

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