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. |
2. | The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance. | |
3. | Constancy in labor or application; perseverance. | |
4. | Sufferance; permission. | |
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 |