List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 282

SYNONYMS: patience, long-suffering, resignation, forbearance.
These nouns all denote the capacity to endure hardship, difficulty, or inconvenience without complaint.

Patience emphasizes calmness, self-control, and the willingness or ability to tolerate delay: Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Long-suffering is long and patient endurance, as of wrong or provocation: The general, a man by no means notable for docility and long-suffering, flew into a rage.
Resignation implies an unresisting acceptance of or submission to something trying, as out of despair or necessity: The woman could accept it with resignation.
Forbearance denotes restraint, as in retaliating, demanding what is due, or voicing disapproval or condemnation: It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.