No force might be reasonable if a threat would have sufficed. It sufficed for him to admit that they were metaphysically distinct. This respite just sufficed for the most indispensable measures to be taken. Because not all sexual sins are public, a private confession sufficed to declare one guilt-free. In earliest Vedic literature, heaven and hell sufficed soteriological curiosities. Copernicus did take minor orders, which sufficed for assuming a chapter canonry. The vines that remained sufficed for local needs. They concluded that this approach to defining death sufficed in reaching a uniform definition nationwide. If one's honor was challenged by an inferior person, it sufficed to beat him up. In a short, limited war the Japanese strategy might have sufficed. None of the entries sufficed the public and professional opinion. In the Roman era and on light soils, the ard or scratch plow had sufficed. Others have sufficed with only one or two of the sonatas. A loud bell generally sufficed to wake up the engine crew. Hand-operated pumps sufficed for the very earliest locomotives.