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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment;
- Example: "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"
- Example: "was longanimous in the face of suffering"
[syn: forbearing, longanimous]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

longanimous
    adj 1: showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint
           under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment;
           "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist
           aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering"
           [syn: forbearing, longanimous]