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forbearings

forbearings is the plural of forbearing.

Meaning of forbearing

Noun

forbearing (countable and uncountable, plural forbearings)

  1. forbearance; restraint
    • "As God's forbearing to create more worlds than he has, is no impeachment of his omnipotence: so his forbearing to save as many as he might, is no impeachment of his infinite mercy."1833, John Fletcher, The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher, volume 2, page 443

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Questions about forbearings

What is forbearings the plural of?
Forbearings is the plural of forbearing.

Words near forbearings in the dictionary

  1. forbearest
  2. forbeareth
  3. forbearing
  4. forbearingly
  5. forbearingness
  6. forbearings
  7. forbears
  8. forbeat
  9. forbeats
  10. Forbes
  11. Forbes Creek

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