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sufferance
noun
(suf-fer-ance)
patient endurance
sufferance
noun
(suf-fer-ance)
pain, misery
sufferance
noun
(suf-fer-ance)
consent or sanction implied by a lack of interference or failure to enforce a prohibition
sufferance
idiom
(suf-fer-ance)
—used to say that someone is allowed to do something by someone who does not want that person to do it
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toleration
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acceptance
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pain
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queue
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suffering
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expectation
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tolerance
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waiting
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standstill
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holding
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lag
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waits
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standby
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hold
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wait
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withdrawal
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suspense
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backlog
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stand-by
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acquiescence
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retest
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wretchedness
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servility
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subjection
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oppression
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meekness
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overlordship
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subservience
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inferiors
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caprice
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discomfiture
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repugnancy
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scruple
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abstemiousness
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servants
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tacit consent
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cupidity
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malignity
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extraterritoriality
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vassalage
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slothfulness
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finitude
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superciliousness
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archaism
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mutatis mutandis
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illiberalism
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diffidence
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wheresoever
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helots
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jackboot
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contumely
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cussedness
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incapacities
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temporariness
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detestation
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nomenklatura
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abed
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suzerainty
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illogicality
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harlotry
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solicitousness
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loth
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peradventure
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sui juris
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haughtiness
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primogeniture
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arbitrariness
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omnipotence
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knavery
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handmaid
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privilege
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infamies
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amour propre
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landed gentry
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toadying
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cavil
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commoners
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paramountcy
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serf
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abasement
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voicelessness
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complacence
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de jure
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disapprobation
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wickedness
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imperiousness
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acerbity
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rabidity
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grubbiness
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collectivity
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bewitchment
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backbite
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obtuseness
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nobility
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prerogative
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reproach
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delusion
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apartness
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powerlessness
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pauperism
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sufferance
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