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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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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
Those bond buyers technically have the right to demand accelerated repayment of the bonds due to the covenants being broken, but Palomar’s board approved the negotiation of a forbearance agreement in order to prevent a payment large enough to cause bankruptcy.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Bank of Montreal told Reuters the Canadian lender was also providing forbearance for affected customers.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
However, the forbearance can’t exceed 12 monthly billing cycles from the date of the disaster.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
The filing details various financial agreements, including convertible promissory notes and a forbearance agreement with Arena Special Opportunities Partners.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Bank of Montreal told Reuters the Canadian lender was also providing forbearance for affected customers.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
However, the forbearance can’t exceed 12 monthly billing cycles from the date of the disaster.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
The filing details various financial agreements, including convertible promissory notes and a forbearance agreement with Arena Special Opportunities Partners.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forbearance
Noun
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The patience granted the budding romance paves the path for a very clean ascendance into amusing chaos.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
8 Mar. 2025
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If nothing else, patience is recommended over chasing at these levels.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There could be more of the same in the new month ahead, with bitcoin expected to be at the mercy of investors’ macro concerns despite its strong regulatory tailwinds.—
Tanaya Macheel,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Cal Fire captain begged for mercy during slaying captured on video, officials say.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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True friendship is built on respect, empathy, and reciprocity—qualities missing in this exchange.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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And trying to start from a place of empathy of like, these are two parts of the same person who are both trapped in their circumstances in really different ways.—
Josh Wigler,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Forbearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forbearance. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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