patience

[Pa·tience]

Patience is a person's ability to wait something out or endure something tedious, without getting riled up. It takes a lot of patience to wait for your braces to come off, to deal with a toddler's temper tantrum, or to build a house out of toothpicks.

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The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.

Noun
a card game played by one person

Noun
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence


n.
The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.

n.
The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

n.
Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

n.
Sufferance; permission.

n.
A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

n.
Solitaire.


Patience

Pa"tience , n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See Patient.] 1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.
Strenthened with all might, . . . unto all patience and long-suffering.
I must have patience to endure the load.
Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle, patience from his cross.
2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
He learned with patience, and with meekness taught.
4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.] Hooker.
They stay upon your patience.
5. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb. 6. (Card Playing) Solitaire. Syn. -- Patience, Resignation. Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.; resignation implies submission to the will of another. The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have both patience and resignation.

The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.

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Usage Examples

A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

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Other Usage Examples

Abused patience turns to fury.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?

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