He must not only die the death, But thy unkindness shall his death draw out To lingering sufferance. --Shak.
2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
The seeming sufferances that you had borne. --Shakespeare
3. Loss; damage; injury. [Obs.]
A grievous . . . sufferance on most part of their fleet. --Shakespeare
4. Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation. --Chaucer.
But hasty heat tempering with sufferance wise. --Spenser.
5. Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave. --Shakespeare
In their beginning they are weak and wan, But soon, through sufferance, grow to fearful end. --Spenser.
Somewhiles by sufferance, and somewhiles by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories. --Hooker.
6. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. [Eng.]
Estate of sufferance (Law), the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. --Blackstone.
On sufferance, by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house on sufferance.