Usually means: Patiently tolerating delays or problems.
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  1. forbearing: Merriam-Webster
  2. forbearing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forbearing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. forbearing: Vocabulary.com
  5. Forbearing, forbearing: Wordnik
  6. forbearing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. forbearing: Wiktionary
  8. Forbearing, forbearing: Dictionary.com
  9. forbearing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Forbearing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. forbearing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. forbearing: Rhymezone
  13. Forbearing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. forbearing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. forbearing: FreeDictionary.org
  16. forbearing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. forbearing: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. forbearing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. forbearing: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  forbearance; restraint
▸ adjective:  Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering

Similar:
patient, longanimous, forbod, forbode, abstention, tholance, forbiddal, abearance, abearing, retentive, more...

Opposite:
impatient, intolerant, irritable, short-tempered, impulsive

Adjectives:
long, most, voluntary, forgiving, weak, little

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Similar:
patient, longanimous, forbod, forbode, abstention, tholance, forbiddal, abearance, abearing, retentive, more...

Opposite:
impatient, intolerant, irritable, short-tempered, impulsive

Adjectives:
long, most, voluntary, forgiving, weak, little



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