/fawr bair"euhns/ , n.
1. the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
2. forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.
3. an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.
4. a creditor's giving of indulgence after the day originally fixed for payment.
[ 1570-80; FORBEAR 1 + -ANCE ]
Syn. 1. abstinence. 2. tolerance, toleration, sufferance; indulgence.