Merriam-Webster defines forbearance as “a refraining from the enforcement of something that is due.” In finance, forbearance refers to an arrangement in which a lender allows a borrower to pause ...

Loan forbearance allows you to temporarily skip or reduce loan payments while you get your finances back on track. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

・Forbearance lets you pause student loan payments temporarily but interest continues to accrue during that time. ・It should only be used for short-term hardship, since repeated or extended forbearance ...

・SAVE plan borrowers are seeing their administrative forbearance extended into January and February 2026. ・Interest on borrowers in the SAVE forbearance already resumed in August. ・The Department of ...