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longanimous

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lon⋅ga⋅nim⋅i⋅ty

  [long-guh-nim-i-tee, lawng-]
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–noun
patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME longanimyte < LL longanimitās patience, equiv. to longanimi(s) patient (long(us) long 1 + anim(us) spirit + -is adj. suffix) + -tās -ty 2

Related forms:
lon⋅gan⋅i⋅mous  [long-gan-uh-muhs, lawng-] , adjective
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longanimous

adjective
showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment; "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering" [syn: forbearing] 
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