1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.
3. Noun
Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
4. Noun
Sufferance; permission.
5. Noun
A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
6. Noun
Solitaire.
7. Noun
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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