different between acceptation vs toleration

English

Etymology

accept +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æk.s?p.?te?.??n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

acceptation (countable and uncountable, plural acceptations)

1. (obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
   • 1769, Oxford Standard text, King James Bible: 1 Timothy, i, 15,

     This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
   • 1843, John Stuart Mill, ""A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, ..., Bk V, Ch 7:

     In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.

3. Ready belief.

Related terms

• acceptative

References

• acceptation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

accepter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.s?p.ta.sj??/

Noun

acceptation f (plural acceptations)

1. acceptance
2. approval

Related terms

• acceptatif
• acception

English

Etymology

From Middle French toleration, from Latin toler?ti?nem, accusative singular of toler?ti?, from the verb toler? (“I tolerate”). Compare tolerance.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?l???e???n/

Noun

toleration (countable and uncountable, plural tolerations)

1. (obsolete) Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
2. The allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
3. Specifically, the allowance by a government (or other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 86:

     Above all, the establishment of toleration helped to weaken the presumption that plurality in matters of faith inevitably caused social disorder.

Further reading

• Toleration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Toleration in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)