Patience
['peɪʃ(ə)ns] or ['peʃns]
Definition
(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.
Typist: Sol
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Endurance (without complaint), fortitude, resignation, submission, sufferance, long-sufferance, long-suffering.[2]. Perseverance, persistence, indefatigableness, constancy, diligence, assiduity.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Endurance, resignation, submission, perseverance
ANT:Resistance, unsubmissiveness, repining, rebellion, inconsistency, impatience
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Definition
n. quality of being patient or able calmly to endure: (Shak.) permission: a card-game same as Solitaire (q.v.).—adj. Pā′tient sustaining pain &c. without repining: not easily provoked: not in a hurry: persevering: expecting with calmness: long-suffering.—n. one who bears or suffers: a person under medical treatment.—adv. Pā′tiently.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
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Examples
- The exultation and joy of the Pickwickians knew no bounds, when their patience and assiduity, their washing and scraping, were crowned with success. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I never dreamed a man could have such patience and perseverance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These revolutions require a rare combination of personal audacity and social patience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Perhaps they did, but it is of infinitely greater importance to mention that at this point also I lost my patience, opened my eyes, and interfered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Attendance, forbearance, patience with Darcy, was injury to Wickham. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I have learnt patience--I can wait my time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Don't be like Patience on a mantelpiece frowning at Dolls, but sit down, and I'll tell you something that you really will find amusing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Gerty knelt beside her, waiting, with the patience born of experience, till this gust of misery should loosen fresh speech. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I'd rather you wouldn't, said Meg, taking a naughty satisfaction in trying her lover's patience and her own power. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You are rather too kind sometimes, and then just a trifle hasty when he tries your patience. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My patience really gave way, and without notice: all at once. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I walked till I was out of all patience, and very hot and thirsty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And blessed are the men whom he calls to fellowship with him, bearing their cross after him with patience. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Suddenly it struck her that this was a strange manner to show her patience, or to reward her father for his watchful care of her all through the day. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I have no patience with you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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