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Definition of Forbearing
1. Adjective. Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment. "Was longanimous in the face of suffering"
Definition of Forbearing
1. a. Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
Definition of Forbearing
1. Adjective. Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering: as, a forbearing temper. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of forbear) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forbearing
1. forbear [v] - See also: forbear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forbearing
Literary usage of Forbearing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"I have said that we have a forbearing Government. Was there ever an instance of
greater forbearance than this ... I said we had a forbearing Government. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law and Proceedings in Bankruptcy by Frank Olds Loveland (1899)
"Extorting money for forbearing to act. It is a punishable offense under the
bankrupt act to knowingly and fraudulently extort or attempt to extort any money ..."
3. Conscience and the Constitution: With Remarks on the Recent Speech of the by Moses Stuart (1850)
"So the next clause appears to explain it, "forbearing threatening." Paul would
have servants rendered obedient by kindness which would win them, ..."
4. The Monistby Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler by Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler (1905)
"The Arabs she pronounces "the best behaved and most forbearing people in the
world," and not unlike "the best type oí our New Englanders. ..."
5. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1859)
"... forbearing, readiness to be reconciled, patient bearing and forgiving of
injuries, and requiting good for evil"; comforting q Eccl. ii. 23. ..."
6. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians: And Homilies on the Epistle to by John Chrysostom, William John Copeland (1840)
"With all lowliness and meekness, with long- suffering, forbearing one another in
love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ..."
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