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Sufferance meaning

  1. Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
  2. Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
  3. Suffering; pain, misery.

Synonyms of Sufferance

endurance toleration acceptance permissiveness tolerance

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Example sentences (5)

If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?

Even those who clung to their careers enough to vote with him later in the day would now do so only under sufferance as it dawned on them just how badly they had been mis-sold.

Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.

Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.

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Those who see the speech as sympathetic point out that Shylock says he learned the desire for revenge from the Christian characters: "If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?

Common combinations with sufferance

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • his sufferance 2×
  • sufferance be 2×

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How do you use "sufferance" in a sentence?
An example: "If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?" This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "sufferance" from real English texts.
What does "sufferance" mean?
Sufferance means: Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
What are synonyms of "sufferance"?
Common synonyms of "sufferance" include: endurance, toleration, acceptance, permissiveness, tolerance.
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