Patience

Pa´tience Pronunciation: pā´shens

n.	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. Strengthened with all might, . . . unto all patience and long-suffering. - Col. i. 11. I must have patience to endure the load. - Shak. Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle, patience from his cross. - Keble.
	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. - Matt. xviii. 29.
	3.	Constancy in labor or application; perseverance. He learned with patience, and with meekness taught. - Harte.
	4.	Sufferance; permission. They stay upon your patience. - Shak.
	5.	(Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
	6.	(Card Playing) Solitaire.

Noun	1.	patience - good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence Synonyms: forbearance, longanimity Antonyms: impatience - a dislike of anything that causes delay
	2.	patience - a card game played by one person Synonyms: solitaire

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