Forbearance
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The act of abstaining from proceeding against a delinquent debtor; delay in exacting the enforcement of a right; indulgence granted to a debtor.
Reynolds v. Ward, 5 Wend. (N. Y.) 504; Diercks v. Kennedy, 16 N. J. Eq. 211; Dry Dock Bank v. American Llfe Ins., etc., Co., 3 N. Y. 354.
Refraining from action. The term is used in this sense in general jurisprudence, in contradistinction to "act."