
Forbearance
WordNet
noun
(1) A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
"His forbearance to reply was alarming"
(2) Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Restraint under provocation.
- A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.