名词

1. 忍耐;克制
If you say that someone has shown forbearance, you admire them for behaving in a calm and sensible way about something that they have a right to be very upset or angry about.

1. a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
refraining from acting

e.g. his forbearance to reply was alarming

2. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Synonym: patiencelonganimity