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| patience [ páysh'nss ] |
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1. capacity for waiting: the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties
 I was beginning to run out of patience.
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2. card game for one: a card game for one player.
North American term solitaire
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| [12th century. Via French< Latin patientia< patient- (see patient)] |
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lose (your) patience (with somebody) to become exasperated by somebody
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