endurance








noun

  1. the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
  2. the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina: He has amazing physical endurance.
  3. lasting quality; duration: His friendships have little endurance.
  4. something endured, as a hardship; trial.

noun

  1. the capacity, state, or an instance of enduring
  2. something endured; a hardship, strain, or privation
n.

late 15c., “continued existence in time;” see endure + -ance. Meaning “ability to endure suffering, etc.” is from 1660s.

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