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Refraining from doing something that one has a legal right to do. Giving of further time for repayment of an obligation or agreement; not to enforce claim at its due date. A delay in enforcing a legal right. Act by which creditor waits for payment of debt due by a debtor after it becomes due. Within Usury law, the contractual obligation of a lender or creditor to refrain, during a given period of time, from requiring the borrower or debtor to repay the loan or debt then due and payable. forbearance n. an intentional delay in collecting a debt or demanding performance on a contract, usually for a specific period of time. Forbearance is often consideration for a promise by the debtor to pay an added amount. See also: abstention, benevolence, clemency, composure, continence, grace, lenience, longanimity, moderation, remission, resignation, restraint, sufferance, temperance How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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for- eign phrases: ubi lex aliquem cogit ostendere causam forage foramen foraminated foraminous foray forbear forbearance forbearant forbearing forbid forbiddance forbidden forbidden by law forbidding |
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