sufferances

Acts of tolerating

Sufferances is the plural of sufferance, which means tolerance or patient endurance of something unpleasant.

The word usually appears in the phrase on sufferance, meaning with reluctant permission rather than genuine welcome: He stayed on sufferance, knowing he wasn't wanted.

Multiple sufferances would be multiple instances of such grudging tolerance.

tolerance

endurance

Sustained effort capacity

acceptance · resignation · toleration · submission · compliance · indulgence · leniency · permissiveness · allowance · clemency

hardships

trials

Formal legal proceedings

adversities · burdens · miseries · agonies · torments · woes · griefs · distresses · pains · travails

permissions

consents

Grants approval formally

leaves · licenses · grants · approvals · dispensations · tolerations · acquiescences · blessings · endorsements · clearances

Opposites
type of permission/consent

sufferancesinvitations

Requests to attend

embraces · acclamations · mandates · charters

endurance vs. resistance

sufferancesresistances

Forces opposing movement

rebellions · refusals · rejections · protests · oppositions

emotional valence of permission

sufferancescelebrations

Organized expressions of joy

prohibitions · bans · interdictions · vetoes · exclusions

Family

sufferance

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