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pa·tience

   [pey-shuhns] Show IPA

–noun

1.

the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation,annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss oftemper, irritation, or the like.

2.

an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness orannoyance when confronted with delay: to have patiencewith a slow learner.

3.

quiet, steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence:to work with patience.

4.

Cards (chiefly British ) . solitaire ( def. 1 ) .

5.

Also called patience dock . a European dock, Rumexpatientia, of the buckwheat family, whose leaves are oftenused as a vegetable.

6.

Obsolete . leave; permission; sufference.