1
as in patience
the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining
we thank you for your forbearance while we attend to the technical difficulties interrupting the TV program
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2
as in mercy
kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it
the judge showed forbearance, and gave the teenaged first offender a suspended sentence
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Recent Examples of forbearance
And mortgage servicers are also much more ready these days to offer mortgage forbearance and modification, rather than pursue foreclosure in the case of delinquency.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
These are requests to retroactively count specific past forbearance periods toward PSLF forgiveness under a special program.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The company and its lienholders had entered into several forbearance agreements to extend the deadline, with the latest deadline on April 24.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2025
When the pandemic began in March 2020, all federal student loans were put in forbearance.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for forbearance
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
These are requests to retroactively count specific past forbearance periods toward PSLF forgiveness under a special program.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The company and its lienholders had entered into several forbearance agreements to extend the deadline, with the latest deadline on April 24.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2025
When the pandemic began in March 2020, all federal student loans were put in forbearance.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for forbearance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forbearance
Noun
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Margouleff had long believed that the Ziff collection should be shared with the public and had floated the idea of building a museum, but Ziff preferred a low profile, and patience.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Summer family travel doesn’t have to drain your bank account or patience.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Son Brendan was murdered with a chainsaw on Richie Stevenson’s orders while Seraphina screamed for mercy next to her half-brother; Richie had a livestream of the grisly event sent to Maeve’s phone.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
11 May 2025
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This hilarious odyssey of a parched protagonist reminds us that sometimes our relative sacrifices for the greater good can be tempered by small mercies along the way.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The loss of community and empathy for others drowned in the waves of fear, uncertainty, and for many, anger.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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But however well-intentioned the company may be, piling on the contrived empathy can get some users hooked, an issue even OpenAI has acknowledged.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2025
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“Forbearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forbearance. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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