sufferance

/'sʌfərəns/

Thân thiện

He endured the long illness with quiet sufferance.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Tacit permission or passive acceptance: A state in which something is allowed or permitted without explicit consent, often through mere lack of objection or forbearance.
   • Endurance of pain or hardship: (Archaic) The capacity or act of bearing pain, distress, or adversity with patience.

Usage

• Sufferance is a formal noun. It often describes a situation where something exists or continues because it is not actively opposed, rather than because it is officially approved.
• The phrase "on sufferance" is a common collocation, meaning "by tacit permission without any right" or "only because no one objects."

Examples

• The landlord allowed the old tenant to stay on sufferance for a few more weeks after the lease expired.
• His presence at the private meeting was only on sufferance; he was not an invited member.
• (Archaic) She bore her illness with great sufferance and dignity.

Advanced Usage

• "To hold something on sufferance": To possess or occupy something with only passive, revocable permission.
  • He held the position on sufferance, knowing the board could dismiss him at any moment.
• "By sufferance of": Due to the forbearance or tolerance of a person or authority.
  • The small chapel existed by the sufferance of the local lord.

Variants and Related Words

• Suffer (verb): To experience or be subjected to something unpleasant.
• Suffering (noun): The state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship.

Synonyms

• Toleration: The practice of allowing something that one does not necessarily approve of.
• Forbearance: Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.
• Acquiescence: The reluctant acceptance of something without protest.
• Endurance (for the archaic sense): The ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process without giving way.

Related Phrases

• On sufferance: As mentioned, this is the primary phrasal use, indicating a precarious, tolerated status.
  • They were living in the country on sufferance, their visas having long expired.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
   • all people should practice toleration and live together in peace
2. patient endurance especially of pain or distress

Từ đồng nghĩa

• toleration
• acceptance