sufferance
🇺🇸
/ˈsʌfrəns/
🇬🇧
/ˈsʌfrəns/
noun
R
Permission to stay or do something, often given with reluctance.
We were allowed to stay in the house on sufferance, as the owner didn't really want us there.
R
The act of enduring pain or hardship without complaining.
Despite the pain, he showed great courage in his sufferance.
translation
Permission to stay or do something, often given with reluctance.; The act of enduring pain or hardship without complaining.
Word Forms
Plural
sufferances