- the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay: to have patience with a slow learner.
- quiet, steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence: to work with patience.
- solitaire (def. 1).
- a European dock, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, whose leaves are often used as a vegetable.
- leave; permission; sufference.
- a female given name.
- tolerant and even-tempered perseverance
- the capacity for calmly enduring pain, trying situations, etc
- any of various card games for one player only, in which the cards may be laid out in various combinations as the player tries to use up the whole pack
- permission; sufferance
