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   sufferance

   /ˈsʌf(ə)rəns/

   noun

   • 1. absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration: "Charles was only here on sufferance"
   • ▪ the condition of the holder of an estate who continues to hold it after the title has ceased, without the express permission of the owner: "an estate at sufferance"
   • ▪ patient endurance. archaic
   • 2. the suffering or undergoing of something bad or unpleasant. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English (in sufferance (sense 2)): from Anglo-Norman French suffraunce, from late Latin sufferentia, from sufferre (see suffer).

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