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Definition of Sufferances

Sufferance
Sufferance Suf"fer*ance, n. [OE. suffrance, OF. sufrance, soufrance, F. souffrance, L. sufferentia, from sufferens, -entis, p. pr. of sufferre. See Suffer.] 1. The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance. He must not only die the death, But thy unkindness shall his death draw out To lingering sufferance. --Shak. 2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress. The seeming sufferances that you had borne. --Shak. 3. Loss; damage; injury. [Obs.] A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their fleet. --Shak. 4. Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation. --Chaucer. But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise. --Spenser. 5. Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave. --Shak. In their beginning they are weak and wan, But soon, through sufferance, grow to fearful end. --Spenser. Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories. --Hooker. 6. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. [Eng.] Estate of sufferance (Law), the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. --Blackstone. On sufferance, by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house on sufferance. Syn: Endurance; pain; misery; inconvenience; patience; moderation; toleration; permission.

Meaning of Sufferances from wikipedia

- The Union Cycliste Internationale (French pronunciation: [ynjɔ̃ siklist ɛ̃tɛʁnɑsjɔnal]; UCI; English: International Cycling Union) is the world governing...
- either a tresp****er, or as a tenant at sufferance. A tresp****er is not in possession; but a tenant at sufferance continues to enjoy possession of the real...
- century the East India Company is a trading corporation, existing on the sufferance of the native powers and in rivalry with the merchant companies of Holland...
- property after the termination of the lease, s/he may become a tenant at sufferance because the lessor/landlord has suffered (or allowed) the tenant to remain...
- is that the autonomous status of self-governing regions exists by the sufferance of the central government and are often created through a process of devolution...
- under East India Company jurisdiction, under which policies of religious sufferance and pretermissions of religious taxes prevailed. Aurangzeb issued land...
- century, the East India Company is a trading corporation, existing on the sufferance of the native powers, and in rivalry with the merchant companies of Holland...
- unitary state the autonomous status of self-governing regions exists by the sufferance of the central government, and may be unilaterally revoked. While it is...
- usurpations" of the Americans' rights and liberties. "Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them...
- Endurance (also related to sufferance, forbearance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, persistence, tenacity, steadfastness, ****verance, stamina, and...