Noah Webster
Sufferance
SUF'FERANCE, noun The bearing of pain; endurance; pain endured; misery.
- He must not only die,
- But thy unkindness shall the death draw out
To ling'ring sufferance
1. Patience; moderation; a bearing with patience.
But hasty heat temp'ring with sufferance wise.
2. Toleration; permission; allowance; negative consent by not forbidding or hindering.
In process of time, sometimes by sufferance sometimes by special leave and favor, they erected to themselves oratories.
- In their beginning, they are weak and wan,
- But soon through sufferance grow to fearful end.
An estate at sufferance, in law, is where a person comes into possession of land by lawful title, but keeps it after the title ceases, without positive leave of the owner.