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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sufferance/ˈsʌfərəns/

▶noun

1 absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration.

2 archaic patient endurance.

3 archaic the suffering or undergoing of something bad or unpleasant.

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