sufferance

UK /ˈsʌf(ə)ɹəns/ US /ˈsʌf(ə)ɹəns/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.

At length when as he ſaw her haſtie heat / Abate, and panting breath begin to fayle, / He through long ſufferãce growing now more great, / Roſe in his strength, and gan her freſh aſſayle, [...]

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.

2

Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.

[M]oſt wretched man, / That to affections does the bridle lend; / In their beginning they are weake and wan, / But ſoone through ſuff'rance growe to fearefull end; [...]

Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favour, they erected to themselves oratories.

3

Suffering; pain, misery.

The sufferances which simply touch us in minde, doe much lesse afflict me, then most men [...].

Fortune, do diuorce / It from the bearer, 'tis a ſufferance, panging / As ſoule and bodies ſeuering.

4

Loss; damage; injury.

The deſperate Tempeſt has ſo bang'd the Turke, / That their deſignement halts; Another ſhippe of Venice hath ſeene / A greeuous wracke and ſufferance / On moſt part of the Fleete.

5

A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.

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