单词 | forbearance |
释义 | forbearancen. 1. The action or habit of forbearing, dispensing with, refraining or abstaining from (some action or thing). Const. of, from, to with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] abstinencea1382 sustaininga1382 refrenationa1500 forbearance1597 abstentiona1656 refrainment1713 abstainment1819 absistence1881 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 111 True noblesse would Learne him forbearance from so foule a wrong. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 19 Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance . View more context for this quotation 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxvi. sig. N2 Bad, both in action, and forbearance. 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation ii. 88 I might here instance Daniels forbearance of the Kings meats. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 19. ⁋3 Without any..remarkable forbearance of the common amusements of young men. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) iv. 65 His forbearance to obey would be more alarming. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 39 Laws which rendered criminal..the forbearance of repairing to church. a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) i. 12 The various acts and forbearances which a man supposes to constitute the sum of his duty. 2. Forbearing conduct or spirit; patient endurance under provocation; indulgence, lenity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [noun] > forbearance or tolerance mercya1225 tholea1325 patiencyc1350 patiencea1382 abidingc1384 sustentationc1384 tack1412 tolerancya1556 digesture1567 toleration1582 acceptance1586 forbearance1599 brooking1624 digestion1653 tolerance1765 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > tolerance or forbearance tholea1325 tholance1446 tholing1457 sufferingc1460 tolerancya1556 toleration1582 forbearance1599 tolerance1765 tolerantism1824 tolerism1851 tolerationism1898 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. E Commending the vertue of patience or forbearance. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. ix. 43 If their sufferings be just, my forbearances are mercifull. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. x. 412 I have now put an end to my forbearance of him. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xxiv. 314 The man of the world treats the institutions of religion with more respect and forbearance. 3. a. Abstinence from enforcing what is due, esp. the payment of a debt. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > refraining from enforcing what is due forbearance1576 waiving1629 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Hegendorphinus in Panoplie Epist. 385 You are forced (because of credit and forbearaunce) to give a greater price. 1582 J. Mellis in Record's Grounde of Artes (rev. ed.) iii. vii. sig. Qq. vi What is won or lost in the 100 lb. forbearance for 12 monthes. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 101 In Debts and Forbearances, where Contract has not setled it between the Parties. 1773 Act 13 Geo. III c. 63 §30 No Subject..shall..take..above the Value of twelve Pounds for the Forbearance of one hundred Pounds for a Year. 1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 129 Interest is the premium or sum allowed for the loan, or forbearance of money. ΚΠ proverbial. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giv v Suffrance is no quittance in this dayment. 1580 A. Fleming tr. F. Nausea Bright Burning Beacon sig. D.2 I conclude here, with a Prouerbiall watchworde, Hereafter commes not yet, Forbearance is no quittance. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. E You haue most learnedly prouerbde it, commending the vertue of patience or forbearance, but yet you knowe forbearance is no quittance. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 134 That's all one: omittance is no quittance. View more context for this quotation 1659 J. Howells Eng. Prov. 7/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια Forberance is no quittance. Misreckoning is no payment. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 53 He..soon shall find Forbearance no acquittance. View more context for this quotation CompoundsΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun] > that which is paid > for allowing deferral forbearance money1668 1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden ii. ii Thou and I might live comfortably on the forbearance money, and let the interest run on. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless II. xiv. 155 It must be that she has kept it [sc. the penalty of a bond] off by large interest, and forbearance-money. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1546 |
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