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PATIENCE
solitaire, patience
(noun) a card game played by one person
patience, forbearance, longanimity
(noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
patience (usually uncountable, plural patiences)
The quality of being patient.
Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. (card game).
Synonyms
• thild
• thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)
Antonyms
• impatience
Etymology
Proper noun
Patience
A female given name from English.
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"tience, n. Etym: [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See Patient.]
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. Strenthened 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. [Obs.] Hooker. They stay upon your patience. Shak.
5. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
6. (Card Playing)
Definition: Solitaire.
Syn.
– Patience, Resignation. Patience implies the quietness or self- possession of one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.; resignation implies submission to the will of another. The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have both patience and resignation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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