Sufferance

n.
  1. The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.
  2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
  3. Loss; damage; injury.
  4. Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
  5. Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
  6. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.
  7. Estate of sufferance (Law),
    the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner.
    On sufferance ,
    by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house on sufferance.