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    sufferance
    suf‧fer‧ance /ˈsʌfərəns/ noun
     Word Family: noun: sufferer, suffering, sufferance; verb: suffer; adverb: insufferably; adjective: insufferable
    on sufferance formal if you live or work somewhere on sufferance, you are allowed to do it by someone who would prefer you did not do it:
        He was never going to let her forget she was only here on sufferance.