Patient and restrained; showing tolerance and unwillingness to cause pain to others.
From 'forbear' + '-ing' (present participle used as adjective). The '-ing' suffix shows ongoing action or quality.
Forbearing looks like a present participle but functions as an adjective describing someone's character—this happens all the time in English, where verb forms get a second life as descriptors.
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