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