suffer : Idioms & Phrases

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long-suffering

  • noun patient endurance of pain or unhappiness
    long-sufferance.
  • adjective satellite patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble
    enduring.
    • an enduring disposition
    • a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife
WordNet
Long"-suf`fer*ing noun
Definitions
  1. Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.
    The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. Ex. xxxiv. 6.
Long"-suf`fer*ing noun
Definitions
  1. Long patience of offense.
    Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering? Rom. ii. 4.
Webster 1913

To suffer a default

  • (Law), to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer.
Webster 1913