sufferance

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(sŭf'ər-əns, sŭf'rəns) pronunciation
n.
  1. Patient endurance, especially of pain or distress.
  2. Suffering; misery.
  3. Sanction or permission implied or given by failure to prohibit; tacit consent; tolerance.

[Middle English suffrance, from Old French sufrance, from Latin sufferentia, from sufferēns, sufferent-, present participle of sufferre, to suffer. See suffer.]


Translations:

Sufferance

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tålelighed

idioms:

  • on sufferance    på lånt tid, kun lige tålt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdragen

Français (French)
n. - tolérance

idioms:

  • on sufferance    (être) tout juste toléré

Deutsch (German)
n. - Duldung

idioms:

  • on sufferance    nur geduldet

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανοχή, ανεκτικότητα, σιωπηρή έγκριση, καρτερία, επιφυλακτική αποδοχή

idioms:

  • on sufferance    κατ' ανοχήν, κατά παρέκκλιση

Italiano (Italian)
sopportazione, rassegnazione, sofferenza

idioms:

  • on sufferance    per tacito consenso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tolerância (f)

idioms:

  • on sufferance    apenas tolerado

Русский (Russian)
терпение

idioms:

  • on sufferance    с молчаливого согласия, из милости

Español (Spanish)
n. - tolerancia, consentimiento tácito

idioms:

  • on sufferance    por tolerancia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tyst medgivande, lidande, långmodighet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
忍受, 忍耐, 痛苦, 忍耐力, 苦难

idioms:

  • on sufferance    只是由于宽容, 勉强地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 忍受, 忍耐, 痛苦, 忍耐力, 苦難

idioms:

  • on sufferance    只是由於寬容, 勉強地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 묵인, 관용, 인내

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 黙許, 寛容, 忍耐力

idioms:

  • on sufferance    黙許されて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) احتمال , شقاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רשות, היתר‬


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