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forbearance: a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"

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self-pity collapse: a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings

mercifulness collapse: a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"; the feeling that motivates compassion

ruth collapse: a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died; the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament; United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

shunning collapse

condolence collapse: an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences"

self-discipline collapse: the trait of practicing self discipline

sufferance collapse: patient endurance especially of pain or distress

longanimity collapse

clemency collapse: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"

elusion collapse

discontinuance collapse: the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

runaround collapse

cold storage collapse: refrigerated storage for preservation; in a state of abeyance or postponement

relinquishment collapse: the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.; a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

pity collapse: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

frugality collapse: prudence in avoiding waste

moderation collapse: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"; quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

stoicism collapse: an indifference to pleasure or pain; (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno

abeyance collapse: temporary cessation or suspension

forgiveness collapse: the act of excusing a mistake or offense; compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

refraining collapse

compassion collapse: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it; a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

pathos collapse: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"; a style that has the power to evoke feelings

nonintervention collapse: a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes

long suffering collapse

forestalling collapse

mercy collapse: alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"; something for which to be thankful; "it was a mercy we got out alive"

waiting game collapse: a strategy of delay

self-restraint collapse: exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"

temperance collapse: the act of tempering; the trait of avoiding excesses

circumvention collapse: the act of evading by going around

permissiveness collapse: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

abnegation collapse: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others; the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity"

laxness collapse: the quality of being lax and neglectful; the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"

abjuration collapse

noninvolvement collapse

waiver collapse

defense mechanism collapse: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

magnanimity collapse

mildness collapse: good weather with comfortable temperatures

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