DEFINITIONS: TOLERANCE VS FORBEARANCE by Luke Weinhagen The distinction between

DEFINITIONS: TOLERANCE VS FORBEARANCE

by Luke Weinhagen

The distinction between tolerance and forbearance.

TOLERANCE: allowing costs to be assessed against non-consenting parties as ambiguity makes it unclear what additional party is specifically responsible for costs.

– It is a passive state.

– No agency.

FORBEARANCE: intentionally taking responsibility for a cost to allow someone else not to. (example: my children, my disabled kin, my employee that has not matured fully yet).

– It is an active state.

– Allows agency.