sufferance
2 synonyms for sufferance, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Patient acceptance of pain or hardship.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Rare, literary or technical
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toleration
Etymology
Came into English as Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, it breaks down as suffer and -ance.
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