Sufferance

//ˈsʌf(ə)ɹəns// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "At length when as he ſaw her haſtie heat / Abate, and panting breath begin to fayle, / He through long ſufferãce growing now more great, / Roſe in his strength, and gan her freſh aſſayle, [...]"

  2. 2
    a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations wordnet
  3. 3
    Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction. countable, uncountable

    "[M]oſt wretched man, / That to affections does the bridle lend; / In their beginning they are weake and wan, / But ſoone through ſuff'rance growe to fearefull end; [...]"

  4. 4
    patient endurance especially of pain or distress wordnet
  5. 5
    Suffering; pain, misery. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "The sufferances which simply touch us in minde, doe much lesse afflict me, then most men [...]."

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  1. 6
    Loss; damage; injury. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "The deſperate Tempeſt has ſo bang'd the Turke, / That their deſignement halts; Another ſhippe of Venice hath ſeene / A greeuous wracke and ſufferance / On moſt part of the Fleete."

  2. 7
    A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. British, countable, historical, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, suffer + -ance.

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