Sufferance

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sufferance \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.
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              He must not only die the death,
              But thy unkindness shall his death draw out
              To lingering sufferance.              --Shak.
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     2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
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              The seeming sufferances that you had borne. --Shak.
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     3. Loss; damage; injury. [Obs.]
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              A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their
              fleet.                                --Shak.
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     4. Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances;
        patience; moderation. --Chaucer.
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              But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     5. Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering;
        toleration; permission; allowance; leave. --Shak.
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              In their beginning they are weak and wan,
              But soon, through sufferance, grow to fearful end.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special
              leave and favor, they erected to themselves
              oratories.                            --Hooker.
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     6. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the
        shipment of goods. [Eng.]
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     {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.
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     Syn: Endurance; pain; misery; inconvenience; patience;
          moderation; toleration; permission.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sufferance
       n 1: patient endurance especially of pain or distress
       2: a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations;
          "all people should practice toleration and live together
          in peace" [syn: {toleration}, {acceptance}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "sufferance":
     acceptance, allowance, authorization, connivance, consent,
     endurance, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, fortitude,
     indulgence, leave, lenience, leniency, long-sufferance,
     long-suffering, longanimity, overlooking, patience,
     patience of Job, patientness, permissiveness, permit, perseverance,
     sanction, self-control, stoicism, sweet reasonableness, tolerance,
     toleration, waiting game, waiting it out, winking