noun
sufferance
The experience of enduring pain or hardship.
Her years of sufferance end when treatment finally eases her pain.
Etymology
The source means bearing or enduring. Sufferance names the experience of tolerating hardship or pain.
More examples
- The memoir recounts his sufferance through hunger, illness, and loss.
- She describes the long recovery as a period of sufferance.
- Their shared sufferance during the famine brings the neighbors closer together.
Forms
sufferance
suffer verb — To experience pain, distress, or hardship.
sufferer noun — A person experiencing pain or hardship.
Similar words
- suffering
- Emphasizes pain or distress itself rather than enduring it.
- endurance
- Emphasizes the ability to persist through difficulty or strain.