Forbearance

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What is Forbearance?

The act of refraining from enforcing a right, obligation, or debt. For example, the act by which a creditor waits for the payment of the debt due him by the debtor, after it has become due and in default. The agreement to wait will be usually memorialized in a written forbearance agreement.

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