LONG-SUFFERANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long-sufferance mean? 

• LONG-SUFFERANCE (noun)
  The noun LONG-SUFFERANCE has 1 sense:

1. patient endurance of pain or unhappiness

  Familiarity information: LONG-SUFFERANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONG-SUFFERANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Patient endurance of pain or unhappiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

long-sufferance; long-suffering

Hypernyms ("long-sufferance" is a kind of...):

endurance (the power to withstand hardship or stress)