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Relenting vs Forbearance - What's the difference?

relenting | forbearance |

As nouns the difference between relenting and forbearance

is that relenting is the act of one who relents while forbearance is patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.

As a verb relenting

is .

relenting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who relents.
  • * Chalmers
  • Oh, tell me, if there be any relentings of pity in your bosom, how could you endure it, to behold the agonies of the dying man, as, goaded by pain, he grasps the cold ground in convulsive energy

    forbearance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
  • A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
  • Synonyms

    * patience * restraint