sufferancesuf‧fer‧ance /ˈsʌfərəns/ noun

- All this brings out that teachers in higher education teach partly on sufferance.
- Criticism was allowed in certain territories at certain times, but only on sufferance.
- He was here on sufferance as coach driver and odd jobber.
- He was there on sufferance and most likely on trial and he knew that.
- Survey ships were carried on the Navy List, but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only.
nounsufferersufferingsufferanceadjectiveinsufferableverbsufferadverbinsufferably