MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail 1-15

forbearance

a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges

sanction

official permission or approval

provincial

associated with an administrative district of a nation

gainsay

take exception to

moratorium

suspension of an ongoing activity

nonviolence

peaceful resistance to a government

gadfly

any of various large flies that annoy livestock

segregationist

someone who believes the races should be kept apart

relegate

assign to a lower position

existential

relating to or dealing with the state of being

sublime

of high moral or intellectual value

precipitate

bring about abruptly

complacency

the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

repudiate

refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

incorrigible

impervious to correction by punishment