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Words related to forbearance
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abstinence
Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons. -
clemency
If someone is granted clemency, they are punished less severely than they could be. -
for-
indicating rejection or prohibition -
longanimity
patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance. -
mercy
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner. -
race suicide
the extinction of a racial or ethnic population that tends to result when, through the unwillingness or forbearance of its members to have children, the birthrate falls below the death rate.