endurance

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
endure /ɪnˈdjʊə, ɛn-, -ˈdjɔː/

▶verb

• 1 suffer (something painful and prolonged) patiently.

  ■ tolerate.

• 2 remain in existence.

– derivatives
endurable adjective,
endurance noun,
enduring adjective,
enduringly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. endurer, from L. indurare ‘harden’.