Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Patience \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.

Source : WordNet®

patience
     n 1: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: {forbearance},
           {longanimity}] [ant: {impatience}]
     2: a card game played by one person [syn: {solitaire}]