forbearance
the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control: Their teacher exhibited great forbearance when the children started acting up in class.
an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.
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.
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- non·for·bear·ance, noun
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How to use forbearance in a sentence
Eviction moratoriums and forbearance on mortgages and student loan payments are also factored in.
It’s easy to assume pawnshops are doing great in the pandemic. It’s also wrong. | Emily Stewart | November 30, 2020 | Vox“There’s a benefit to everyone taking a deep breath and stepping back and giving the parties a chance to get things back on track,” Devlin said of forbearance agreements.
Bank gives Purple Line firms more time to reach a settlement with Maryland and avoid potential default on debt | Katherine Shaver | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostThe mortgages, car loans, and the like no longer covered by forbearance are showing few defaults.
Bank of America just ended a weak quarter—but there were 3 little-noticed bright spots | Shawn Tully | October 18, 2020 | FortuneOn the conference call, Dimon and Piepszak cited that although forbearance has ended for auto and card loans, it’s still allowing customers with $28 billion in mortgages to defer payments.
How JPMorgan Chase is proceeding with extreme caution—and still making plenty of money | Shawn Tully | October 14, 2020 | FortuneHe says that’s mostly because the government’s unprecedented aid to families and businesses, and the banks’ forbearance programs, have delayed defaults for months that would have come far earlier.
How JPMorgan Chase is proceeding with extreme caution—and still making plenty of money | Shawn Tully | October 14, 2020 | Fortune
Parenting a preschooler is hard (believe me, I know), and it takes a lot of time, energy, and forbearance to do it right.
Why Giving Adderall to Toddlers Is So Completely, Utterly Wrong | Russell Saunders | May 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPaul is right that we must deal with the Bundy crisis in the spirit of neighborly forbearance.
But selfies, like people, deserve our forgiveness, our forbearance, and our support.
In Defense of the Selfie, Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year | James Poulos | November 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy daughters treated their grandmother with infinite forbearance and affection.
Richard Russo Talks About New Memoir “Elsewhere” And His Mother’s Illness | Jane Ciabattari | November 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in the here and now of it, I ask for your patience, and forbearance, while I give it a shot.
And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterI endured his insults until the time came when further forbearance would have been a disgrace, and then I closed with him.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydShe did not expect much forbearance, but it never occurred to her that things could come to such a terrible pass.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandI feel that I can, with confidence, rely upon the magnanimity and forbearance of my patrons, under this state of things.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot | William Gannaway BrownlowSurely a spoiled old man-child like the crouching figure yonder would exhaust the forbearance of Jizo Sama himself!
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for forbearance
/ (fɔːˈbɛərəns) /
the act of forbearing
self-control; patience
law abstention from or postponement of the enforcement of a legal right, esp by a creditor allowing his debtor time to pay
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