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Duldsamkeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • forbearance noun An arrangement in which a lender agrees to pause or reduce a borrower's payments for a set period instead of treating the loan as in default.
  • indulgence noun The act of allowing oneself or someone else a pleasure, often more than is wise.

Senses

Duldsamkeit is used for these senses in English:

forbearance — full definition

  1. noun An arrangement in which a lender agrees to pause or reduce a borrower's payments for a set period instead of treating the loan as in default.
  2. noun Patient self-control shown by not reacting, retaliating or enforcing a right you could enforce.

indulgence — full definition

  1. noun The act of allowing oneself or someone else a pleasure, often more than is wise.
  2. noun A tolerant or lenient attitude toward someone's wishes or faults.
  3. noun In the Catholic Church, a formal reduction of the punishment due for sins, granted after confession.

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