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sufferance

/ˈsʌfərəns/noun

उच्चारण सफ़रन्स

मौन सहमति, बेमन से दी गई अनुमति, सहन

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noun
  1. 1

    [U] formal

    permission that is given by not objecting to something, although you do not really want it to happen

    मौन सहमति, बेमन से दी गई अनुमति, सहन

    • The hawkers stay on the pavement only by the sufferance of the local authorities.

    Synonyms tolerance toleration acquiescence indulgence

Idioms 1

on sufferance

allowed to do something or to be somewhere, although other people do not really want you to

बेमन से सहन किया जाता हुआ, सिर्फ़ बर्दाश्त किया जाता हुआ

  • He was allowed to stay in the house on sufferance.
  • She felt she was only there on sufferance.
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suf·fer·ance

With double f, an e after it and -ance at the end (not 'sufference' or 'suffrance').

Spelling suf-fer-ance है, जिसमें double f, उसके बाद e, और अंत में -ance आता है ('sufference' या 'suffrance' गलत है)।