A woman's resignation (8)

I believe the answer is:

patience

I believe this is a double definition.

'a woman's' is the first definition.

'resignation' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for patience that I've seen before include "'Forbearance, tolerance (8)'" , "Card game played by one person" , "there's no one else to play this game" , "Waiting without complaint" , "Gilbert and Sullivan work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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