sufferance
Passive, grudging acceptance
Sufferance is reluctant tolerance or passive permission—allowing something without actively approving it.
To exist on sufferance is to be tolerated rather than welcomed: He remained in the house on sufferance, knowing his brother wanted him gone.
The word implies endurance of something barely acceptable, permission granted by not objecting rather than by consent.
Patient self-control, delayed enforcement
- patienceCalm during delays
- tolerationPermitting what one dislikes
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- leniencyMildness in punishment
endurance · clemency · mercy · acceptance · acquiescence · resignation · compliance · submission
Yielding to another's will
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- docilityReadiness to submit
meekness · nonresistance · capitulation · surrender · yielding · deference · subservience · obedience
Voluntary agreement given
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- licenceOfficial permission document
- leaveSanctioned time away
authorization · acquiescence · concession · assent · granting · warrant · clearance · approval
forbearance
Patient self-control, delayed enforcement
- patienceCalm during delays
- tolerationPermitting what one dislikes
- indulgenceYielding to desire
leniency · endurance · clemency · mercy · acceptance · acquiescence · resignation · compliance · submission · yielding
submission
Yielding to another's will
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- complianceAdhering to requirements
docility · meekness · nonresistance · capitulation · surrender · yielding · deference · subservience · obedience · pliability
consent
Voluntary agreement given
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- licenceOfficial permission document
leave · authorization · acquiescence · concession · assent · granting · warrant · clearance · approval · permit
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
affliction · tribulation · ordeal · torment · agony · grief · sorrow · woe · heartache · trial
- resilienceresilience, grit, bounce back, bouncing back, robustness
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
- approvalapprove, approval rating, agree, accept, thumbs-up
- tolerancetolerance, forbearance, patience, understanding, empathy
- forbearancepatience, restraint, self-control, leniency, clemency
sufferanceprohibition
Authoritative legal ban
ban · forbiddance · interdiction · proscription · veto
sufferanceresistance
Capacity to withstand force
defiance · rebellion · insubordination · recalcitrance · intractability
suffer, suffering, suffered, insufficient, insufferable, suffers, sufferer, sufferings, sufferers