sufferance
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ər 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.
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sufferance (ˈsʌfərəns, ˈsʌfrəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
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Example sentences
What deafness, what stone-blind custom, what overgrown error you behold is there only by sufferance-by your sufferance.
We recognize the potential for harm to which this interpretation gives sufferance.
They resumed their humble position as traders on sufferance.
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