noun
1.
Synonyms: patience , longanimity, long-suffering, patientness, resignation, uncomplainingness
Related Word: restraint, temperance; endurance
2.
the quality of being forbearing
she is known for her forbearance with children
Synonyms: clemency, indulgence, lenience, leniency, mercifulness, tolerance, toleration; compare mercy
Related Word: longanimity, long-suffering, patience; charity, grace, lenity, mercy
Contrasted words: firmness, inflexibility, rigidity, sternness, strictness; austerity, harshness, inexorability
Antonyms: vindictiveness