🧘 Patience or endurance 🕴️ Manner or conduct

bearance

9.5

Accepting something difficult without complaining

noun
/ˈbɛərəns/

Archaic

: paciencia

He faced criticism with remarkable bearance, never losing his composure.

Examples

The villagers admired his bearance during the years of hardship.
Despite the long wait, she maintained her bearance and did not complain.
Her bearance during tough times is admirable.
He showed great bearance when dealing with the difficult situation.
The villagers admired his bearance during the years of hardship.
He faced criticism with remarkable bearance, never losing his composure.
Despite the long wait, she maintained her bearance and did not complain.

Synonyms

endurance

vsbearance

77 3.4

Ability to keep doing hard physical or mental work for a long time

is about patience and tolerating hardship rather than lasting strength

sufferance

vsbearance

Archaic

3 9.1

A patient acceptance of something unpleasant or difficult

is a general state of patience, not only the act of tolerating

How Patient

endurance

77 3.4

bearance

Archaic

9.5

patience

511 1.3

tolerance

160 3.7

impatience

38 2.5

Surface Forms

bearance singular

bearances plural

Morphology

bearance = bear (transparent) = bear + ance

The word is a straightforward noun formation from bear + -ance, expressing the act or state of bearing something difficult.

Etymology

Bearance comes from the old English root beran and the familiar verb bear, which mean 'to carry' or 'to endure'. Think of someone carrying a heavy load without complaint — that's patient strength, so bearance means patience or endurance.