Patience
I. Definitions.
A. patience: The suffering or enduring (of pain, trouble, or evil) with calmness and
composure; the quality or capacity of so suffering or enduring. c. The calm abiding of the
issue of time, processes, etc.; quiet and self-possessed waiting for something; the quality of
expecting long without rage or discontent.
B. patient: Bearing or enduring (pain, affliction, trouble, or evil of any kind) with composure,
without discontent or complaint; having the quality or capacity of so bearing; exercising or
possessing patience.