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long-suf⋅fer⋅ing

  [lawng-suhf-er-ing, -suhf-ring, long-]
Use longsuffering in a Sentence
–adjective
1. enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
–noun
2. long and patient endurance of injury, trouble, or provocation: years of long-suffering and illness.
Origin:
1520–30

Related forms:
long-suf⋅fer⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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