| Sufferance 1. (n.) Tolerance; the bearing of pain; endurance. 2. (n.) Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress. 3. (n.) Loss; damage; injury. 4. (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation. 5. (n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave. 6. (n.) A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. Thesaurus Entries 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 |