PATIENCE Definition & Meaning

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patience

[ pey-shuhns ]

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noun

the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
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an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay:
to have patience with a slow learner.
quiet, steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence:
to work with patience.
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Cards (chiefly British). solitaire ( def 1 ).
Also called patience dock. a European dock, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, whose leaves are often used as a vegetable.
Obsolete. leave; permission; sufference.

Patience

[ pey-shuhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a female given name.

patience

/ ˈ��ɪʃə�Բ� /

noun

tolerant and even-tempered perseverance
the capacity for calmly enduring pain, trying situations, etc
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 equivalentsolitaire
obsolete.
permission; sufferance

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

��p��·�貹t��Գ�� noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of patience¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English pacience, from Old French, from Latin patientia. See patient, -ence

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of patience¹

C13: via Old French from Latin patientia endurance, from �貹��ī to suffer

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Idioms and Phrases

see try one's patience .

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Synonym Study

Patience, endurance, fortitude, stoicism imply qualities of calmness, stability, and persistent courage in trying circumstances. Patience may denote calm, self-possessed, and unrepining bearing of pain, misfortune, annoyance, or delay; or painstaking and untiring industry or (less often) application in the doing of somehing: to bear afflictions with patience. Endurance denotes the ability to bear exertion, hardship, or suffering (without implication of moral qualities required or shown): Running in a marathon requires great endurance. Fortitude implies not only patience but courage and strength of character in the midst of pain, affliction, or hardship: to show fortitude in adversity. Stoicism is calm fortitude, with such repression of emotion as to seem almost like indifference to pleasure or pain: The American Indians were noted for stoicism under torture.

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Commitment, timing and patience make for a delightfully mature bite.

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The family of Mr John said while he "pushed their patience with his mischievous acts", he always had a way of making them laugh when they needed it most.

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I learned a lot about the history of our country and the importance of the law, our Constitution, the patience and determination and fortitude required in the dismantling of segregation in our country.

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Mr Marshall thanked those affected for their "patience and understanding".

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So he is practicing patience, noting that the city has had to focus resources on the emergency response to the Palisades and Eaton fires that ravaged parts of L.A. in January.

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