sufferance

Definition of sufferance

Nouns

patient endurance especially of pain or distress
Type of:
endurance
the power to withstand hardship or stress
a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
Synonyms:
acceptance, toleration
Types:
self acceptance
an acceptance of yourself as you are, warts and all
Type of:
permissiveness, tolerance
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

Vocabulary Lists for sufferance

Declaration of Independence (VocabGrabber) »(245 words)
Lots of great vocab in the Declaration of Independence!...
  • sufferable
  • Laws
  • unalienable
  • usurpation
  • King of Great Britain

Julius Caesar, Act I Scene I »(282 words)
  • unfirm
  • accoutre
  • unbrace
  • preform
  • soothsayer

mega »(3106 words)
  • anomaly
  • equivocal
  • lucid
  • precipitate
  • abstain

WIlliam Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing »(251 words)
  • troth
  • Balthasar
  • slander
  • tush
  • rime

US History Declaration of Independence »(20 words)
  • abdicate
  • accommodate
  • acquiesce
  • annihilation
  • consanguinity

test »(5 words)
  • sufferance
  • accusing
  • vassal
  • charter
  • forbid

Words that contain sufferance

long-sufferance