Antonyms for endurance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-doo r-uh ns, -dyoo r-
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdʊər əns, -ˈdyʊər-


Definition of endurance

Origin :
  • late 15c., "continued existence in time;" see endure + -ance. Meaning "ability to endure suffering, etc." is from 1660s.
  • noun bearing hardship; staying power
  • noun continuity, lastingness
Example sentences :
  • I didn't mean it, but things are getting beyond my endurance.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The endurance of the human frame is something marvelous, when you come to think of it.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • By this time his audience had become too large and friendly for his endurance.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Celerity, valor, endurance, they were his iridescent neck and tail feathers.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • All of a sudden, his patience, endurance, pluck seemed to give out.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • But reasoning on it did not help her—only silence and endurance.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • It is a marvellous story they have to tell of endurance, heroism, and victory.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 » by Various
  • She did not, however, inherit the latter's animal devotion and endurance.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • The qualifications for (s)election were willingness, obedience, fidelity, endurance.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • I never imagined that I could have met with a man such as he is in wisdom and endurance.
  • Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

Synonyms for endurance

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