Definition of sufferance in English English dictionary
- Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity
I indulged in this meditation for a moment, and then again addressed the mourner, who stood leaning against the bed with that expression of resigned despair, of complete misery, and a patient sufferance of it, which is far more touching than any of the insane ravings or wild gesticulation of untamed sorrow.
- Pain, misery
the streak / Of sufferance yet upon his forehead lay, / Where the blue veins looked shadowy, shrunk, and weak .
- Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction
When his talk trespasses beyond sufferance, I chastise him.
- toleration
- {n} permission, patience, misery, pain
- If you are allowed to do something on sufferance, you can do it, although you know that the person who gave you permission would prefer that you did not do it. His party held office on sufferance. on sufferance if you live or work somewhere on sufferance, you are allowed to do it by someone who would prefer you did not do it
- A legal concept, the deemed consent to the actions of another person which results when a person who could be expected to react to the other person's actions refuses to do so
- Loss; damage; injury
- a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"
- {i} passive approval, consent, permission; endurance, ability to withstand or tolerate
- Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave
- The passive consent given to someone as a result of no action
- Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress
- patient endurance especially of pain or distress
- A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods
- The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance
- Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation
- suffrance
- on sufferance
- Unwillingly agreed to or barely tolerated
I wasn't whole-hearted about the decision but couldn't think of a better one, so went along with it on sufferance for the time being.
- suffer
- To have a disease or condition
He's suffering from the flu this week.
- suffer
- To endure, undergo
I hope you never have to suffer the same pain.
- suffer
- To allow
the holie ghoste doth manifestlie expresse, saying: I suffer not that women usurpe authoritie above man:.
- suffer
- To feel pain
At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.
- suffer
- be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much
- suffer
- {v} to bear, undergo, let, allow, permit
- bill of sufferance
- document freeing the bearer from a tax
- long-sufferance
- patient endurance of pain or unhappiness
- suffer
- To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage
- suffer
- to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind
- suffer
- feel pain or be in pain
- suffer
- {f} feel pain, experience loss or harm, endure misfortune; be punished; tolerate, endure; stand, bear; allow, permit
- suffer
- If you suffer something bad, you are in a situation in which something painful, harmful, or very unpleasant happens to you. The peace process has suffered a serious blow now Romania suffered another setback in its efforts to obtain financial support for its reforms
- suffer
- feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
- suffer
- get worse; "His grades suffered"
- suffer
- feel pain or be in pain undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
- suffer
- To be injured; to sustain loss or damage
- suffer
- undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
- suffer
- endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
- suffer
- To undergo hardship
- suffer
- be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
- suffer
- feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
- suffer
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
- suffer
- To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under
- suffer
- If you suffer from an illness or from some other bad condition, you are badly affected by it. He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer I realized he was suffering from shock
- suffer
- If something suffers, it does not succeed because it has not been given enough attention or is in a bad situation. I'm not surprised that your studies are suffering Without a major boost in tourism, the economy will suffer even further. see also suffering
- suffer
- To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc
- suffer
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
- suffer
- To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety
- suffer
- To become worse
- suffer
- If you suffer pain, you feel it in your body or in your mind. Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?
- suffer
- If you suffer, you are badly affected by an event or situation. There are few who have not suffered It is obvious that Syria will suffer most from this change of heart
- suffer
- To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate
- suffer
- undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
- suffer
- be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
- suffer
- To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death