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Sufferance
Sufferance Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Sufferance?
[n] a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"
[n] patient endurance especially of pain or distress Synonyms | Synonyms for Sufferance: acceptance | toleration Related Terms | Find terms related to Sufferance: See Also | endurance | permissiveness | self acceptance | tolerance Sufferance In Webster's Dictionary \Suf"fer*ance\, n. [OE. suffrance, OF. sufrance,
soufrance, F. souffrance, L. sufferentia, from sufferens,
-entis, p. pr. of sufferre. See {Suffer}.]
1. The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.
He must not only die the death, But thy unkindness
shall his death draw out To lingering sufferance.
--Shak.
2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
The seeming sufferances that you had borne. --Shak.
3. Loss; damage; injury. [Obs.]
A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their
fleet. --Shak.
4. Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances;
patience; moderation. --Chaucer.
But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise.
--Spenser.
5. Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering;
toleration; permission; allowance; leave. --Shak.
In their beginning they are weak and wan, But soon,
through sufferance, grow to fearful end. --Spenser.
Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special
leave and favor, they erected to themselves
oratories. --Hooker.
6. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the
shipment of goods. [Eng.]
{Estate of sufferance} (Law), the holding by a tenant who
came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right
has expired, without positive leave of the owner.
--Blackstone.
{On sufferance}, by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house
on sufferance.
Syn: Endurance; pain; misery; inconvenience; patience;
moderation; toleration; permission.
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