Usually means: Patient and tolerant under provocation.
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  1. forbearant: Merriam-Webster
  2. forbearant: Collins English Dictionary
  3. forbearant: Wordnik
  4. forbearant: Wiktionary
  5. Forbearant: Dictionary.com
  6. Forbearant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. forbearant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Forbearant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. forbearant: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Forbearant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. forbearant: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  forbearing; long-suffering

Similar:
prestrained, aforegoing, protractive, foresighted, prethoughtful, prevoyant, forebegotten, preforgiveness, retardatory, prebeloved, more...

Opposite:
impatient, intolerant, impulsive, hasty, rash

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Similar:
prestrained, aforegoing, protractive, foresighted, prethoughtful, prevoyant, forebegotten, preforgiveness, retardatory, prebeloved, more...

Opposite:
impatient, intolerant, impulsive, hasty, rash



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