sufferancenoun
uk/ˈsʌf.ər.əns/us/ˈsʌf.ɚ.əns/on sufferance formal
with unwilling permission:
He gave me a bed for a couple of nights but I felt I was there on sufferance.
under sufferance old-fashioned
If someone does something under sufferance, they do it very unwillingly:
He only visits his parents under sufferance.
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Allowing and permitting
- admit of sth
- allow
- allow of sth
- allowable
- authorization
- authorize
- concession
- green
- leave
- let
- let sb/sth in
- let sb/sth out
- licence
- license
- mandate
- OK
- open the floodgates idiom
- sanction
- submit
- variance
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Unwilling and reluctant