Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
long-suffering .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Forbearance to punish or resent.
- noun patient endurance of pain or unhappiness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun patient endurance of pain or unhappiness
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Examples
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High Lord to us and to thee, for the excellence of thy governance and the goodliness of thy long-sufferance; and in this thou hast fared even as fared the Spider and the Wind.
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In creation, in legislation, and in the works of providence, God, indeed, hath plainly marked out and discovered to us certain traces of his power, wisdom, goodness, justice, and long-sufferance.
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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But you may rely upon it, the patience and long-sufferance of this army are almost exhausted, and there never was so great a spirit of discontent as at this instant.
Life and Times of Washington Schroeder, J. F. 1903
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The result of her labors and long-sufferance had hitherto been but misfortune and failure.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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But you may rely upon it, the patience and long-sufferance of this army are almost exhausted, and there never was so great a spirit of discontent as at this instant.
Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched John Frederick Schroeder 1852
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Oh what a world of sin have I committed against thee, whilst thy long-sufferance expected ray conversion, and thy blessings wooed me to repentance!
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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a sinner, but exercise thy long-sufferance in forbearing thy own creature.
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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Most High, thou hast been vouchsafed this happy son; yea, this blessed [FN#93] child cometh as a gift from the Most High Lord to us and to thee, for the excellence of thy governance and the goodliness of thy long-sufferance; and in this thou hast fared even as fared the Spider and the Wind. "
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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