ETYM Cf. Old Fren. endurance. Related to Endure.
The power to withstand hardship or stress.

Strength; resistance to the elements or to hardship.

ETYM French patience, from Latin patientia. Related to Patient.
(Homonym: patients).
Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence; SYN. forbearance, longanimity.

ETYM French persévérance, Latin perseverantia.
The act of persevering; SYN. persistence, perseveration.

A characteristic of some light-emitting materials, such as the phosphors used in CRTs, that causes an image to be retained for a short while after being irradiated, as by an electron beam in a CRT. The decay in persistence is sometimes called luminance decay.

Persistence, the quality or state of being persistent

Enduring strength and energy; SYN. staying power, toughness.