Endurance

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: en=dur=ance

CIDE DICTIONARY

Endurance, n. [Cf. OF. endurance. See Endure.].

•  A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.  [1913 Webster]

  "Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession."  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.  [1913 Webster]

  "Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death."

Syn. -- Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Endurance, n.
1 the power or habit of enduring (beyond endurance).
2 the ability to withstand prolonged strain (endurance test).
3 the act of enduring.

Etymology

OF f. endurer: see ENDURE

THESAURUS

Endurance

abidingness, acceptance, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, changelessness, concentration, constancy, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, decisiveness, defeat of time, defiance of time, diligence, diuturnity, dogged perseverance, doggedness, durability, durableness, duration, energy, engrossment, extension, fidelity, firmness, fixedness, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, force, fortitude, frozenness, guts, gutsiness, hardening, hardiness, heartiness, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, indefatigability, indulgence, industriousness, industry, insistence, insistency, intestinal fortitude, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, lastingness, lengthening, lenience, leniency, lifetime, long standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness, long-sufferance, long-suffering, longanimity, longevity, loyalty, lustihood, lustiness, maintenance, might, mightiness, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job, patientness, perdurability, perennation, permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuation, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, plugging, potency, power, powerfulness, preoccupation, progress, progression, prolongation, protraction, pursuance, quiescence, relentlessness, repetition, resolution, rigidity, robustness, ruggedness, run, sedulity, sedulousness, self-control, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, solidity, stability, stalwartness, stamina, standing, stasis, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, sticking power, stoicism, stoutness, straight course, strength, strength of will, stubbornness, sturdiness, sufferance, survival, survivance, sustained action, sustenance, sweet reasonableness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tirelessness, tolerance, toleration, torpor, toughness, unchangeability, unchangingness, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, unswerving attention, vigor, vigorousness, vitality, waiting game, waiting it out, way

ROGET THESAURUS

Endurance

Permanence

N permanence, stability, quiescence, obstinacy, permanence, persistence, endurance, durability, standing, status quo, maintenance, preservation, conservation, conservation, law of the Medes and Persians, standing dish, stable, persisting, permanent, established, unchanged &c (change), renewed, intact, inviolate, persistent, monotonous, uncheckered, unfailing, undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed, conservative, qualis ab incepto, prescriptive, stationary, in statu quo, for good, finally, at a stand, at a standstill, uti possidetis, without a shadow of turning, esto perpetua, nolumus leges Angliae mutari, j'y suis et j'y ereste.

Feeling

N feeling, suffering, endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance, experience, response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense, warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence, fervor, fervency, heartiness, cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion, ecstasy, blush, suffusion, flush, hectic, tingling, thrill, turn, shock, agitation, quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor, throb, throbbing, pulsation, palpitation, panting, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment, state of excitement, feeling, sentient, sensuous, sensorial, sensory, emotive, emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive, keen, keen as a razor, trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt, heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic, earnest, wistful, eager, breathless, fervent, fervid, gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming, boiling over, pervading, penetrating, absorbing, rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical, impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap, rapt, in a quiver, enraptured, heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore, heartily, devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels, the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy).

Inexcitability

N inexcitability, imperturbability, inirritability, even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion, tolerance, patience, coolth, passiveness, hebetude, hebetation, impassibility, stupefaction, coolness, calmness, composure, placidity, indisturbance, imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility, serenity, quiet, quietude, peace of mind, mental calmness, staidness, gravity, sobriety, Quakerism, philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper, self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins, presence of mind, submission, resignation, sufferance, supportance, endurance, longsufferance, forbearance, longanimity, fortitude, patience of Job, patience on a monument, patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill', moderation, repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling, restraint, tranquillization, inexcitable, unexcitable, imperturbable, unsusceptible, unpassionate, dispassionate, cold-blooded, irritable, enduring, stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed, sober, sober minded, grave, sober as a judge, grave as a judge, sedate, demure, cool-headed, easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm, quiet as a mouse, tranquil, serene, cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard, undemonstrative, temperate, composed, collected, unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned, unoffended, unresisting, meek, tolerant, patient, patient as Job, submissive, tame, content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike, gentle as a lamb, suaviter in modo, mild as mothers milk, soft as peppermint, armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering, like patience on a monument smiling at grief, aequo animo, in cold blood, more in sorrow than in anger, Int, patience!, and shuffle the cards, cool calm and collected, keep calm in the midst of a storm, adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspec, quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes, they also serve who only stand and wait.