PATIENCE


Meaning of PATIENCE in English

n. Function: noun

the power or capacity to endure without complaint something difficult or disagreeable FF1C; it took a lot of patience to put up with him FF1E;

Synonyms: forbearance, longanimity, long-suffering, patientness, resignation, uncomplainingness

Related Words: composure, cool, equanimity, impeturbability, self-control; endurance, sufferance, suffering, tolerance, toleration; nonresistance, passiveness, passivity, submission, submissiveness

Contrasted Words: fretfulness; restiveness, restlessness; hastiness; rebellion, resistance

Antonyms: impatience

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