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

sufferance \suf"ferance\, 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.
      1913 webster

            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.
        1913 webster
see also:
suffer estate of sufferance on sufferance 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
toleration acceptance 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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