Forbearance vs. Patience — What's the Difference?

Forbearance, in the context of a mortgage process, is a special agreement between the lender and the borrower to delay a foreclosure. The literal meaning of forbearance is "holding back".

Patience (or forbearance) is the ability to endure difficult circumstances. Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in disrespect/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.

Tolerance and restraint in the face of provocation; patience.

The capacity, quality, or fact of being patient

(Law) The act of giving a debtor more time to pay rather than immediately enforcing a debt that is due.

Chiefly British, Games Solitaire.

Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.

The quality of being patient.

A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.

Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US and Canada.

The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.

The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.

The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting;

Sufferance; permission.

A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

Solitaire.

Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

A card game played by one person