1. (n.) Toleration of an offense; patience\.

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

abandonment abeyance abjuration abjurement abnegation acceptance avoidance avoiding reaction benevolence cessation charitableness charity circumvention clemency clementness cold storage commiseration compassion condolence condonation constraint defense mechanism denial desistance discontinuance disregard dodge duck easiness easygoingness elusion elusiveness endurance equivocation escape evasion evasive action evasiveness favor feeling forbearing forbearingness forestalling forestallment forgiveness forgivingness fortitude frugality generousness gentleness getting around golden mean grace humaneness humanity indulgence jink kindness laxness lenience leniency lenientness lenity long-sufferance long-suffering longanimity magnanimity mercifulness mercy mildness mitigation moderateness moderation neutrality nonexercise nonintervention noninvolvement nothing in excess overlooking pardon pathos patience patience of Job patientness permissiveness perseverance pity prevention quarter refraining relief relinquishment renouncement renunciation reprieve resignation restraint ruth self-control self-denial self-discipline self-mastery self-pity self-restraint shunning shunting off shy sidestep sidetracking slip soberness sobriety softness sophrosyne stoicism sufferance suspension sweet reasonableness sympathy temperance temperateness tenderness the runaround thoughtful tolerance toleration uncomplainingness unrevengefulness waiting game waiting it out waiver zigzag