longanimity

noun /lɒŋɡəˈnɪmɪti/

1. Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.

   archaic, uncountable

   It had overcome the patience of Job, as it did the meekness of Moses, and would surely have mastered any, but the longanimity, and lasting sufferance of God [...].

Where it comes from

From Late Latin longanimitās, from longanimis, translating Ancient Greek μακροθυμία (makrothumía).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry longanimity (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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