Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Calmness in the face of suffering and adversity; forbearance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Long-suffering; patience; endurance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Patience ortolerance in the face ofadversity ;forbearance , long-suffering.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So that there may be fitly said to be a longanimity, which is commonly also ascribed to God as a magnanimity.
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Again, expectation pertains to longanimity, which is a species of fortitude.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas
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So that there may be fitly said to be a longanimity, which is commonly also ascribed to God as a magnanimity.
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Obj. 3: Further, expectation belongs to longanimity which is a species of fortitude.
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Your conspicuous knowledge, longanimity, visceral wisdom and training submit made for a grapheme aggregation with lots of techniques which were leisurely to see and do.
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"After several years, I was finally able to look back on Serge's horrible puns with longanimity."
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After a while, he said dully, We will pray to Our Lady of Presentation for her continued longanimity.
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After a while, he said dully, We will pray to Our Lady of Presentation for her continued longanimity.
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On the third point: the expectation attributed to hope by definition does not imply deferment, as does the expectation of longanimity.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas
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Reply Obj. 3: The expectation which is mentioned in the definition of hope does not imply delay, as does the expectation which belongs to longanimity.
mialuthien commented on the word longanimity
An alternative definition from BuzzWhack.com: longanimity is the disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
July 14, 2008
sarra commented on the word longanimity
found at dict.leo.org as translation for 'Geduld' (patience)
March 24, 2010