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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
Related forms
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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