Associations to the word «Sufferance»

Wiktionary

SUFFERANCE, noun. (archaic) Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
SUFFERANCE, noun. Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
SUFFERANCE, noun. (archaic) Suffering; pain, misery.
SUFFERANCE, noun. (obsolete) Loss; damage; injury.
SUFFERANCE, noun. (UK) (historical) A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.

Dictionary definition

SUFFERANCE, noun. Patient endurance especially of pain or distress.
SUFFERANCE, noun. A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope