Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - sufferance
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n. 1 tacit consent, abstinence from objection. 2 archaic submissiveness. Phrases and idioms on sufferance with toleration implied by lack of consent or objection. Etymology: ME f. AF, OF suffraunce f. LL sufferentia (as SUFFER) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. терпение, терпеливость to be beyond sufferance —- быть совершенно нестерпимым 2. редк. молчаливое согласие (up)on sufferance —- с молчаливого согласия; из милости he is here on sufferance —- его здесь только терпят ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) терпение, терпеливость; it is beyond sufferance - это невозможно терпеть 2) obs. молчаливое согласие, попустительство; he is here on sufferance - его здесь терпят Syn: see patience ...Англо-русский словарь
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If you are allowed to do something on sufferance, you can do it, although you know that the person who gave you permission would prefer that you did not do it. His party held office on sufferance... N-UNCOUNT: usu on N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n on sufferance formal if you live or work somewhere on sufferance, you are allowed to do it by someone who would rather you did not do it (Martha made it clear I was only staying with them on sufferance.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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