sufferance
noun
[ ˈsʌf(ə)r(ə)ns ]
• absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration.
• "Charles was only here on sufferance"
• the suffering or undergoing of something bad or unpleasant.
Origin:
Middle English (in sufferance (sense 2)): from Anglo-Norman French suffraunce, from late Latin sufferentia, from sufferre (see suffer).
