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Suffer

To admit, allow, or permit.

The term suffer is used to convey the idea of Acquiescence, passivity, indifference, or abstention from preventive action, as opposed to the taking of an affirmative step.

suffer

verb abide, accede, accept, allow, assent, authorize, be reconciled, be resigned, bear with, brook, comply, concede, consent, empower, give consent, give leave, give permission, grant, grant perrission, indulge, let, license, oblige, pati, permittere, put up with, sinere, tolerate

suffer

(Sustain loss), verb agonize, ail, anguish, be afflicted, be impaired, be injured, be racked, be stricken, be subjected to, be wounded, bear, endure, experience loss, feel pain, hurt, incur loss, languish, lose, minui, sacrifice, sustain damage
Associated concepts: suffer harm, suffer loss

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Elinor, Elinor, they who suffer little may be proud and independent as they like--may resist insult, or return mortification--but I cannot.

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For as for your own horse, as all the servants know a little how matters stand between my master and your la'ship, Robin will be hanged before he will suffer it to go out of the stable without my master's express orders.

But Honour was inspired by no such motive; she had no raptures to expect, nor any terrors to shun; and besides the real value of her clothes, in which consisted a great part of her fortune, she had a capricious fondness for several gowns, and other things; either because they became her, or because they were given her by such a particular person; because she had bought them lately, or because she had had them long; or for some other reasons equally good; so that she could not endure the thoughts of leaving the poor things behind her exposed to the mercy of Western, who, she doubted not, would in his rage make them suffer martyrdom.

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In Augustine these texts found powerful exposition that has shaped all subsequent theology, whereby fallen humanity suffers under the curse upon Adam.

Resistant Hope: Fighting Back against Suffering

For instance, in the qur'anic account, Noah suffers in order to win a few to the path of righteousness (Q.

A Shiite theology of solidarity through the remembrance of liberative suffering

Once a principle is established according to which a human being can be killed because he suffers, then logically it extends to all human beings who say they suffer--even if this is not true.

Euthanasia for children

If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers.

The marvel of suffering: despite all, this remains God's world

Then we have a God who suffers with us, as any good parent does.

For us and for our salvation? Mel Gibson's The Passion graphically portrayed Christ's death--and perfectly illustrated the traditional doctrine of atonement. But if God uses torture to save, what does that say to victims of violence, and what does it say about God?

color) Dandelion seeds, blown by Wednesday's high winds, float up into the air, as allergy suffers brace for the worst.

ALLERGY SUFFERERS: GET READY FOR NASAL MANEUVERS

Many of them mention that they were taken off OxyContin because of the 'bad press' about it after having been on it for years," says Baker, who suffers from chronic pain caused by ankylosing spondylitis and fibromyalgia.

The agony and the Ecstasy: How the OxyContin crackdown hurts patients in pain

Taxpayer B is not obese, but suffers from hypertension and was directed by a physician to lose weight as treatment.

Costs of weight-loss program may be deductible. (Expenses)

Although they are united by a common purpose and destiny, each suffers privately in different ways.

Understanding Suffering and Compassion

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