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endurance

noun [U]
 
 
/ɪnˈdjʊə.rəns/ US  /-ˈdʊr.əns/

Definition

C2 the ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant, or painful for a long time: Running a marathon is a test of human endurance. The pain was bad beyond endurance.Tolerating and enduringCoping and not copingDealing with things or people
(Definition of endurance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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