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sufferance n. 容許,默認,默許 容許,默認,默許 sufferance n 1: patient endurance especially of pain or distress 2: a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; " all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" [ synonym: { toleration}, { acceptance}, { sufferance}] Sufferance \ Suf" fer* ance\, n. [ OE. suffrance, OF. sufrance, soufrance, F. souffrance, L. sufferentia, from sufferens, - entis, p. pr. of sufferre. See { Suffer}.] 1. The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance. [ 1913 Webster] He must not only die the death, But thy unkindness shall his death draw out To lingering sufferance. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress. [ 1913 Webster] The seeming sufferances that you had borne. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Loss; damage; injury. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their fleet. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] In their beginning they are weak and wan, But soon, through sufferance, grow to fearful end. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 6. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] { Estate of sufferance} ( Law), the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. -- Blackstone. { On sufferance}, by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house on sufferance. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Endurance; pain; misery; inconvenience; patience; moderation; toleration; permission. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " sufferance": acceptance, allowance, authorization, connivance, consent, endurance, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, fortitude, indulgence, leave, lenience, leniency, long- sufferance, long- suffering, longanimity, overlooking, patience, patience of Job, patientness, permissiveness, permit, perseverance, sanction, self- control, stoicism, sweet reasonableness, tolerance, toleration, waiting game, waiting it out, winking
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