patience

patience is a Noun

Definition:

[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] A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk`s rhubarb.

[6] Solitaire.