over-forbearance

Updated: August 23, 2026

In my time I suspect his classes included a larger number than usual of bad and idle young scaramouches, who deserved to be turned out of the class, instead of the sort of over-forbearance their Professor showed. I feel sure now that a more truculent character than his would have enforced order better, with advantage to the weak and wavering pupils.

Giberne Sieveking - Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman