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TOLERATE

Definition:

1. [verb] put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
   Synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
   
   
2. [verb] recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others"
   
   
3. [verb] have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
   
   
4. [verb] allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
   Synonyms: allow, permit
   
   

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Related Words:

• accept, live with, swallow
• stand for, hold still for
• bear up
• take lying down
• take a joke
• take, undergo, submit
• sit out
• pay

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