\Pa"tience\, n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See
{Patient}.]
1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of
   suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils
   or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression,
   calamity, etc.
         Strenthened with all might, . . . unto all patience
         and long-suffering.                   --Col. i. 11.
         I must have patience to endure the load. --Shak.
         Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle,
         patience from his cross.              --Keble.
2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for
   something due or hoped for; forbearance.
         Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
                                               --Matt. xviii.
                                               29.
3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
         He learned with patience, and with meekness taught.
                                               --Harte.
4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.] --Hooker.
         They stay upon your patience.         --Shak.
5. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex Patientia}), less common in
   America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.
Syn: {Patience}, {Resignation}.
Usage: Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of
       one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.;
       resignation implies submission to the will of another.
       The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have
       both patience and resignation.