forbearances
Acts of patience
Forbearances is the plural of forbearance, which denotes patient self-control or restraint, especially when provoked.
In legal and financial contexts, forbearance refers to a creditor's agreement to temporarily delay enforcing a debt or taking action against a borrower, typically to allow time for the borrower to recover financially.
The bank granted forbearances to several homeowners affected by the hurricane.
The word carries connotations of mercy and deliberate restraint from exercising a right one possesses.
Willingness to accept difference
- restraintControl over impulses
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- leniencyMildness in punishment
clemency · indulgence · long-suffering · composure · equanimity · magnanimity · moderation · temperance
Secured home loan
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- postponementDelaying to later
extension · grace period · creditor · debtor · arrears · hardship · relief · suspension
Formal surrender of rights
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
- nonactionDeliberate absence of response
- estoppelBar against contradicting oneself
covenant · agreement · contract · right · claim · enforcement · remedy · obligation
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- restraintControl over impulses
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
leniency · clemency · indulgence · long-suffering · composure · equanimity · magnanimity · moderation · temperance · sufferance
mortgage
Secured home loan
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
postponement · extension · grace period · creditor · debtor · arrears · hardship · relief · suspension · modification
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
- nonactionDeliberate absence of response
estoppel · covenant · agreement · contract · right · claim · enforcement · remedy · obligation · indulgence
forbearancesenforcements
Acts compelling obedience
exactions · prosecutions · collections · demands · crackdowns
forbearancesintolerances
Inability to process something
irritations · exasperations · frustrations · annoyances · petulances
forbearancespunishments
Sanctions for misconduct
penalties · retributions · severities · strictnesses · mercilessness