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for·bear·ance also fore·bear·ance /fȯr-'bar-əns/ n: a refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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abstention, benevolence (disposition to do good), clemency, composure, continence, grace, lenience, longanimity, moderation, remission, resignation (passive acceptance), restraint, sufferance, temperance
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Voluntarily refraining from doing something, such as asserting a legal right. For example, a creditor may forbear on its right to collect a debt by temporarily postponing or reducing the borrower's payments.Category: Back Taxes & Tax DebtCategory: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Debt → BankruptcyCategory: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Debt → Student Loan DebtCategory: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Debt → Debt & Collection AgenciesCategory: Personal Finance & Retirement → Taxes
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. the act of delaying enforcement of a legal right, as with a creditor who grants the debtor extension of time to pay.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Refraining from doing something that one has a legal right to do. Giving of further time for repayment of an obligation or agreement; not to enforce claim at its due date. A delay in enforcing a legal right. Act by which creditor waits for payment of debt due by a debtor after it becomes due.Within usury law, the contractual obligation of a lender or creditor to refrain, during a given period of time, from requiring the borrower or debtor to repay the loan or debt then due and payable.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Refraining from doing something that one has a legal right to do. Giving of further time for repayment of an obligation or agreement; not to enforce claim at its due date. A delay in enforcing a legal right. Act by which creditor waits for payment of debt due by a debtor after it becomes due.Within usury law, the contractual obligation of a lender or creditor to refrain, during a given period of time, from requiring the borrower or debtor to repay the loan or debt then due and payable.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.an intentional delay in collecting a debt or demanding performance on a contract, usually for a specific period of time. Forbearance is often consideration for a promise by the debtor to pay an added amount.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.