sufferance
noun
- the power or capacity to endure or tolerate pain, distress, etc.
- consent, permission, or sanction implied by failure to interfere or prohibit; toleration
- Archaic suffering
See sufferance in American Heritage Dictionary 4
suf·fer·ance
noun- Patient endurance, especially of pain or distress.
- Suffering; misery.
- Sanction or permission implied or given by failure to prohibit; tacit consent; tolerance.
Origin: Middle English suffrance, from Old French sufrance, from Latin sufferentia, from sufferēns, sufferent-, present participle of sufferre, to suffer; see suffer .
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