suf·fer·ance 
(sŭfər-əns, sŭfrəns)
(sŭfər-əns, sŭfrəns)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.]
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