sufferance

Significado (Inglês)

  1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Suffering; pain, misery.
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Loss; damage; injury.
  5. (British, countable, historical, uncountable) A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈsʌf(ə)ɹəns/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

From Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, suffer + -ance.

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