SUFFERANCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

Example:

all people should practice toleration and live together in peace

Synonyms:

acceptance; sufferance; toleration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sufferance" is a kind of...):

permissiveness; tolerance (a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sufferance"):

self acceptance (an acceptance of yourself as you are, warts and all)

Derivation:

suffer (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

Meaning:

Patient endurance especially of pain or distress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sufferance" is a kind of...):

endurance (the power to withstand hardship or stress)

Derivation:

suffer (feel pain or be in pain)