Discipline
Discipline noun - A region of activity, knowledge, or influence.
Forbearance is an antonym for discipline.
Forbearance
Forbearance noun - Kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.
Usage example: the judge showed forbearance, and gave the teenaged first offender a suspended sentence
Discipline is an antonym for forbearance.
Nearby Words: forbear, forbearing
How words are described
| great | great discipline | great forbearance |
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Forbearance and Discipline. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/discipline/forbearance
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