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sufferance

[suhf-er-uhns, suhf-ruhns]

suf·fer·ance

[suhf-er-uhns, suhf-ruhns]
noun
1.
passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
2.
capacity to endure pain, hardship, etc.; endurance.
3.
Archaic. suffering; misery.
4.
Archaic. patient endurance.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English suffrance < Old French soufrance, < Late Latin sufferentia, equivalent to suffer(re) to suffer + -entia -ence, -ance

non·suf·fer·ance, noun
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sufferance (ˈsʌfərəns, ˈsʌfrəns)
 
n
1.  tolerance arising from failure to prohibit; tacit permission
2.  capacity to endure pain, injury, etc
3.  the state or condition of suffering
4.  archaic patient endurance
5.  on sufferance with reluctance
 
[C13: via Old French from Late Latin sufferentia endurance, from Latin sufferre to suffer]

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