SUFFERANCE


Meaning of SUFFERANCE in English

ˈsəf(ə)rən(t)s noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English suffrance, from Old French soufrance, from souffrir to suffer + -ance

1. : patient endurance : forbearance under provocation : long-suffering

still have I borne it with a patient shrug, for sufferance is the badge of all our tribe — Shakespeare

2. archaic : an act, state, or instance of suffering : pain , misery

sufferances that you had borne — Shakespeare

3. : consent or sanction that is not explicit but is implied by a lack of interference or the failure to enforce a prohibition : toleration of something that is usually disapproved or illegal : passive or tacit permission — used usually with on, by or through

he remains here on sufferance

by sufferance only were they allowed to enter the country

specifically : the legal condition of one continuing in the possession of an estate after his right to it has expired and without express leave from the owner — used with at or by

a tenant at sufferance

estates by sufferance

4. : power or ability to endure or withstand : endurance

it is beyond sufferance

5. : bill of sufferance

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