1. Command of temper; restraint of passions. 2. The exercise of patience; long suffering; indulgence towards those who injure us; lenity; delay of resentment or punishment. — Noah Webster , 1828 Webster Dictionary
“[BOOK I : Psalms 1-41] Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.”