English
Noun
en-noun
- endurance|Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
#* 1826, w:Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Last Man, ch. 4,
#*: 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.
- Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
#* 1910, w:Arthur_Quiller-Couch|Arthur Quiller-Couch, Lady Good-for-Nothing, ch. 20,
#*: When his talk trespasses beyond sufferance, I chastise him.
- archaic Pain, misery.
#* 1612, w:William_Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII, act 2, sc. 3,
#*: 'Tis a sufferance panging
#*: As soul and body's severing.
Related terms
on sufferance
Dictionary notes
rel-top|The noun sufferance is listed in following dictionaries:
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913
R:Dictionary.com
âsufferanceâ in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
âsufferanceâ in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
âsufferanceâ in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2006-2007 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
âsufferanceâ in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
âsufferanceâ in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
âsufferanceâ at Rhymezone © 2006 Datamuse.
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