SUFFERANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sufferance mean? 

• SUFFERANCE (noun)
  The noun SUFFERANCE has 2 senses:

1. patient endurance especially of pain or distress

2. a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

  Familiarity information: SUFFERANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUFFERANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Patient endurance especially of pain or distress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sufferance" is a kind of...):

endurance (the power to withstand hardship or stress)

Derivation:

suffer (feel pain or be in pain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

acceptance; sufferance; toleration

Context example:

all people should practice toleration and live together in peace

Hypernyms ("sufferance" is a kind of...):

permissiveness; tolerance (a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sufferance"):

self acceptance (an acceptance of yourself as you are, warts and all)

Derivation:

suffer (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)