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Patience

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.

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Forbearance 92% connected

The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

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Longanimity 92% connected

Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

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Solitaire 92% connected

A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.

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Conservation noun · 78% connection

the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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Area noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Arena noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Book verb · 78% connection

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the sho…

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Condition noun · 78% connection

a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

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Corridor noun · 78% connection

an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

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Defunctness noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Domain noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Endangered adjective · 78% connection

(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"

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Extinction noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Field noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Habitat noun · 78% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Hold verb · 78% connection

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the sho…

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Ache verb · 78% connection

To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, power, suffering, fortitude, uncomplaining.
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Affluence noun · 78% connection

abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find…

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Asthmatical adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.

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Atonement noun · 78% connection

Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, power, suffering, fortitude, uncomplaining.
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Bearing noun · 78% connection

Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.

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Brother noun · 78% connection

One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffer…

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Ease noun · 78% connection

To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, power, suffering, fortitude, uncomplaining.
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Easy verb · 78% connection

Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, power, suffering, fortitude, uncomplaining.
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Exrerience verb · 78% connection

To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, power, suffering, fortitude, uncomplaining.
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Family history noun · 78% connection

part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendenci…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, power, suffering, fortitude, uncomplaining.
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Fatigue noun · 78% connection

To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, power, suffering, fortitude, uncomplaining.
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Feeling adjective · 78% connection

Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: patient, power, suffering, fortitude, uncomplaining.
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