patience

patience (with somebody/something) the ability to stay calm and accept a delay or something annoying without complainingShe has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views.People have lost patience with (= have become annoyed about) the slow pace of reform.My patience is wearing thin.Teaching children with special needs requires patience and understanding.You’d try the patience of a saint!

the ability to spend a lot of time doing something difficult that needs a lot of attention and effortIt takes time and patience to photograph wildlife.I don’t have the patience to do jigsaw puzzles.

Idioms

the fact of being extremely patient and not complainingYou need the patience of Job to deal with some of our customers.From Job, a man in the Bible who experienced much suffering, including losing his family, his home, and his possessions, but continued to believe in and trust God.

to make someone feel impatientHis stubbornness would try the patience of a saint.