GRE vocabulary
sufferance
tolerance or permission granted only by passive acceptance
In a sentence
Sufferance in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing sufferance in a sentence.
They occupied the land only on sufferance of the landlord.
Synonyms
Antonyms
prohibitionrejection
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Common questions
Questions about “sufferance”
Sufferance (noun) means tolerance or permission granted only by passive acceptance
Here is sufferance used in an example sentence: "They occupied the land only on sufferance of the landlord."
Common synonyms for sufferance include tolerance, endurance, forbearance.
Antonyms of sufferance include prohibition, rejection.
Sufferance is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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