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What does long-suffering mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.
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His long-suffering wife, Nora, faces an everyday struggle to find money for food and other essentials.
He will be off work for weeks and his long-suffering wife will once again have to struggle to make ends meet.
That he is in his early 40s, and has children and a very long-suffering wife, doesn't bother him enough for him to stop.
Since nobody has ever offered a vote of thanks to these long-suffering partners, I do so now.
Magda, his long-suffering wife, was the only person who knew his secret, and she is now dead.
If he does get away, put on the deeply hurt yet ultimately forgiving face of a long-suffering mistress.

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