patience
PAY-shuhns/ˈpeɪʃəns/
- 1The ability to wait calmly or deal with problems without getting angry or upset.
It takes patience to teach a young child how to read.
Dad lost his patience when the traffic did not move for an hour.
Similarrestraint, forbearance
Oppositeimpatience
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- 2A card game for one player. In the US and Canada, people call it solitaire.
On rainy days, Grandpa plays patience at the kitchen table.
She shuffled the deck of cards and started a new game of patience.
Similarsolitaire
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Origin
From Latin patientia meaning "endurance, patience," from a word meaning "to suffer." It came into English through Old French.