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noun, tolerant and even-tempered perseverance
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patience
- 1) noun, tolerant and even-tempered perseverance
- 2) noun, the capacity for calmly enduring pain, trying situations, etc
- 3) noun, any of various card games for one player only, in which the cards may be laid out in various combinations as the player tries to use up the whole pack. US equivalent: solitaire
- 4) noun, permission; sufferance
Etymology
C13: via Old French from Latin patientia endurance, from patī to suffer
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Synonyms
composure, perseverance, forbearance, tolerance, fortitude, serenity, cool (slang), restraint, calm, equanimity, toleration, sufferance, endurance, resignation, submission, persistence, long-suffering, stoicism, constancy
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