Word family noun sufferer suffering sufferance adjective insufferable verb suffer adverb insufferably
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsufferancesuf‧fer‧ance /ˈsʌfərəns/ noun → on sufferanceExamples from the Corpus
sufferance• Survey ships were carried on the Navy List, but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only.• He was here on sufferance as coach driver and odd jobber.• Criticism was allowed in certain territories at certain times, but only on sufferance.• All this brings out that teachers in higher education teach partly on sufferance.• He was there on sufferance and most likely on trial and he knew that. 