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Endurance

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

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Broader term 4

Animation 76% connected

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Life 76% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Living 76% connected

of Live

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Strength 76% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Long-sufferance 76% connected

Forbearance to punish or resent.

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Long-suffering 76% connected

Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.

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Stamina 76% connected

of Stamen

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Subsistence 76% connected

Real being; existence.

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Sufferance 76% connected

The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.

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Tolerance 76% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Toughness 76% connected

The quality or state of being tough.

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Derivationally related 4

Bear 74% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bear 74% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subsist 74% connected

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subsist 74% connected

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Survival 92% connected

A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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