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• n  patient endurance especially of pain or distress
• n  a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

• Before World War II, island Democrats existed largely on the sufferance of Democrats in Washington, had a hard time holding rallies on outlying islands, because owners shut them .
• Diplomats doubted whether the Burundi government, which survives on sufferance of the two factions and is reshuffled regularly, would be able to disarm anyone.
• But it was a warped, creepy kind of sufferance, a little like keeping someone chained to the radiator instead of doing him in.

• toleration
• acceptance

Quotes

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• Camillo Ruini in FOXNews
  The pope's faith is so strong and full and the experience of God so intensively lived that he, in these hours of sufferance ...... already sees and already touches Christ,Ruini told hundreds of faithful in Rome.
• Neil Craig in Sydney Morning Herald
  We just thought Mark couldn't contribute what we needed to,Craig said. "He's squeezed every single game out of his body and he played under a bit of sufferance today. But it's been an unbelievable career and contribution to our footy...
• Steve Cotterill in This Is Lancashire
  Commenting on Akinbiyi's performance at the Fraser Eagle Stadium, Cotterill said: "We knew there was going to be a sufferance with Ade. But if you have a look at him now, already in a short space of time - 45 minutes and a cameo appearance in the...