Noun | 1. | endurance - the power to withstand hardship or stress; 'the marathon tests a runner's endurance' strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; 'fatigue sapped his strength' sufferance - patient endurance especially of pain or distress stamina, staying power, toughness - enduring strength and energy long-sufferance, long-suffering - patient endurance of pain or unhappiness tolerance - the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions |
2. | endurance - a state of surviving; remaining alive aliveness, animation, living, life - the condition of living or the state of being alive; 'while there's life there's hope'; 'life depends on many chemical and physical processes' subsistence - a means of surviving; 'farming is a hard means of subsistence' |