patience

pa-tience · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The capacity to accept delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.

  2. 2.

    The ability to wait for something calmly without complaining.

  3. 3.

    (British) A card game for one player, also called solitaire.

Related words

Antonyms: impatience, intolerance
See also: patient, perseverance, tolerance
Synonyms: endurance, forbearance, tolerance

Etymology

From Latin patientia meaning "endurance, submission," from pati (to suffer, endure).