VP adopts a note of forbearance (8)
I believe the answer is:
patience
'forbearance' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'vp adopts a note' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'note' could be 'ti' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ti' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pence' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for patience that I've seen before include "Gilbertian dairymaid" , "Virtue - solitaire" , "there's no one else to play this game" , "bird, some might say" , "restraint" .)