sufferance (ˈsʌfərəns
;ˈsʌfrəns)
Definitions
noun
- tolerance arising from failure to prohibit; tacit permission
- capacity to endure pain, injury, etc
- the state or condition of suffering
- archaic patient endurance
- See on sufferance
Word Origin
C13: via Old French from Late Latin sufferentia endurance, from Latin sufferre to sufferUsage examples
My father loved me, but he could not legitimize my position at his court; I was there on sufferance and all knew it.
, Here Be Dragons (1986)Surely it was not a decision to take Latham on sufferance , to give him one last go: It was a decision for the long haul.
The Australian (2004)Australia belongs to the Aborigines and people of European descent and others are there on sufferance.
Independent (1998)A small number of `chemical' remedies were included in the Pharmacopoeia, but only under sufferance.
, THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician (2004)