sufferance
Other forms: sufferances
Sufferance is a type of patience, especially the patience to endure pain and suffering.
When you suffer, you're in some type of pain, whether physical or emotional. Sufferance is a quality possessed by people who endure such pains patiently and without complaining. Someone who endures a long and serious illness without complaining once has great sufferance. On the other hand, if you complain and whine about minor problems, that shows very little sufferance. This is a word for dealing with difficult situations well and even heroically.
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patient endurance especially of pain or distresstype of:endurancethe power to withstand hardship or stress
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a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situationssynonyms: acceptance, tolerationtypes:self acceptancean acceptance of yourself as you are, warts and alltype of:
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Vocabulary lists containing sufferance
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