Webster's English Dictionary

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sufferance

suf.fer.ance \'s*f-(*-)r*n(t)s\ n 1: patient endurance : LONG-SUFFERING  2: 
   PAIN, MISERY  3: consent or sanction implied by a lack of interference or 
   failure to enfo rce a prohibition 4: power or ability to withstand : 
   ENDURANCE {it is beyond ~R}