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forebearance

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I absolutely believe in rescuing abandoned dogs, but I think it should be done by people with experience and forebearance.

Civilized nations may learn a wholesome lesson even from savages, as in this instance of their forebearance.

This is a lesson worthy for the white man to learn: to use forebearance when injured.

What does it not pay of excruciating suspense, of hateful, laborious forebearance and unnatural self-denial?

Nevertheless, if this thing is much longer persisted in, there may come a time when virtue will cease to be a forebearance.

Then it was Rhoda's turn to exercise forebearance and to try to smooth things over.

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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forebearance, such as: ability, capacity, courage, fortitude, grit, and mettle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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