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Definition of "on sufferance" []
- Unwillingly agreed to or barely tolerated. (adverb)
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Use "on sufferance" in a sentence
- "He only felt himself there on sufferance till the promised deputation should come from Rarotonga from the London Mission, to decide whether the island should be reserved by them, or yielded to the Church."