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noun
Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Suffering; pain, misery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Loss; damage; injury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: toleration, acceptance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: permissiveness, tolerance
Narrower terms: self acceptance
noun
patient endurance especially of pain or distress
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: endurance
History
From Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, suffer + -ance.
