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Connivance :: Connivance (n.) Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.

Abstinence :: Abstinence (n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence..

Omittance :: Omittance (n.) The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect..

Intolerance :: Intolerance (n.) The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect..

Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency..

Patience :: Patience (n.) The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

Noncommittal :: Noncommittal (n.) A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.

Secrecy :: Secrecy (n.) The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.

Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.

Spare :: Spare (v. i.) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

Obligatory :: Obligatory (a.) Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier..

Long-sufferance :: Long-sufferance (n.) Forbearance to punish or resent.

Promise :: Promise (a.) In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act..

Longanimity :: Longanimity (n.) Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

Inaction :: Inaction (n.) Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.

Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..

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