Meaning Of The Word Sufferance
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Sufferance Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Sufferance?
sufferance
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. sufferance in American English the power or capacity to endure or tolerate pain, distress, etc. noun: passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, esp. of something wrong or illegal sufferance in British English noun: tolerance arising from failure to prohibit; tacit permission |
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