Thesaurus: tolerate

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1. v. t. To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.
2. v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
3. v. recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)
4. v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition
5. v. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
6. To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices. Crying should not be tolerated in children. Locke. We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration. Burke. Syn. -- See Permit.
7. To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition orhindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not torestrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.Crying should not be tolerated in children. Locke.We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, requirethat toleration. Burke.
8. v:100 v. recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others) v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition