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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient endurance of pain or unhappiness; patient; not easily provoked.

Syn. – long-sufferance.

The Lord God, merciful and gracious,

long-suffering

, and abundant in goodness and truth.

Ex. xxxiv. 6.

Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and

long-suffering

Rom. ii. 4.

Noun.

Long endurance; patience of offense.

Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering? Romans 2.

See also: longsuffering

long-suffering ‎(comparative more long-suffering, superlative most long-suffering)

Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.
His long-suffering wife may have had to put up with him for many years, but she also benefited when times were good.
- Bible Exodus xxxiv. 6
  The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

having endured discomfort