sufferance
/ˈsʌfərəns/noun
mass noun
1
- absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration宽容; 容忍：
Charles was only here on sufferance.
查尔斯是被勉强获准留在这里的。
1.1
- Law the condition of the holder of an estate who continues to hold it after the title has ceased, without the express permission of the owner【律】容受：
an estate at sufferance.
容受下的地产。
1.2
- archaic patient endurance〈古〉忍耐力。
2
- archaic the suffering or undergoing of something bad or unpleasant〈古〉痛苦, 苦难, 不幸。
词源
Middle English (in sense 2)： from Anglo-Norman French suffraunce, from late Latin sufferentia, from sufferre （see SUFFER）.