forebearance

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.