noun
- Patient endurance of pain or unhappiness.
- synonyms: long-sufferance
adjective
- Patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble.
- usage: "an enduring disposition"; "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife"
- synonyms: enduring
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