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patience

/pˈeɪʃʌns/noun2 syllables

Patience means: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.

Synonyms for patience3

noun, as in good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

forbearance, longanimity

noun, as in a card game played by one person

solitaire

Opposites of patience

impatience

What does patience mean?2

noun

1

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

2

a card game played by one person

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with patience?1

three syllables

impatience
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Patience in a sentence

  • Never take advantage of someone's patience, because sooner or later he'll grow tired.marcelostockle
  • What you need is, in a word, patience.Zifre
  • Everywhere he went, he taught love, patience, and most of all, non-violence.CK
  • I wouldn't mind having such angelic patience, either.astyng
  • Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.ApAdAnA
  • Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.carlosalberto
  • Lieutenant, my patience is shorter than my sword.Scott
  • Eventually, my patience is going to run out.CK

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