sufferance

1. 1

   Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.archaiccountableuncountable

   • 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, [...]
2. 2

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

   • [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. 3

   Suffering; pain, misery.archaiccountableuncountable

   • 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. 4

   Loss; damage; injury.countableobsoleteuncountable

   • 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. 5

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

syn. acquiesce