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Definition of Patience
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.

The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

Sufferance; permission.

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

Solitaire.

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Patience Quotations

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint Augustine

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman

I haven't got a lot of patience.
Jeffrey Katzenberg

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.
William Shakespeare

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patience Translations

patience in Afrikaans is geduld
patience in Dutch is geduld, lijdzaamheid
patience in French is patience
patience in German is Geduld
patience in Italian is indulgenza
patience in Latin is patientia
patience in Spanish is paciencia


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