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sufferance
noun as in allowance
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noun as in clemency
noun as in consent
noun as in endurance
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noun as in leave
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noun as in lenience
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noun as in lenity
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noun as in OK
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- acceptance
- acknowledgment
- acquiescence
- admission
- agreement
- allowance
- approbation
- approval
- assent
- authorization
- avowal
- canonization
- concession
- concurrence
- condonation
- consent
- dispensation
- empowerment
- endorsement
- freedom
- imprimatur
- indulgence
- leave
- letting
- liberty
- license
- permit
- privilege
- promise
- recognition
- sanctification
- sanction
- tolerance
- toleration
- verification
- warrant
noun as in patience
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noun as in patronage
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noun as in permission
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noun as in permit
noun as in resignation
noun as in sanction
noun as in tolerance
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noun as in toleration
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Example Sentences
It is a story about who gets to go where, who gets to exist safely in public, and who is only there on sufferance.
Having no tenure, and his future career being at the sufferance of her political enemies, objectively he lacked independence.
It was after Amadeo had thrown down his crown, exclaiming, "A son of Savoy does not wear a crown on sufferance!"
Thus he sat, dejection and despair stamped on his homely face; haughty, yet a suppliant; a king, yet only by sufferance.
It was hard to realize that he could see Blent now only by another's will or sufferance.
He glanced with sufferance at the window, which offered a close-range view of a whitewashed wall.
All these cottages and allotments have only been held on sufferance, on good behaviour, and hence they have failed.
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On this page you'll find 639 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sufferance, such as: accommodation, adjustment, deduction, rebate, reduction, and adaptation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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