different between toleration vs tolerate

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)

English

Etymology

From Latin toler?tus (past participle), from toler? (“I endure”). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”). More at thole.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/

Verb

tolerate (third-person singular simple present tolerates, present participle tolerating, simple past and past participle tolerated)

1. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms: allow, bear, brook, endure, live with, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

Related terms

• tolerability
• tolerable
• tolerance
• tolerant
• toleration

Translations

Further reading

• tolerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tolerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tolerate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Esperanto

Adverb

tolerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

Latin

Verb

toler?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of toler?  "bear ye, endure ye, tolerate ye"

Participle

toler?te

1. vocative masculine singular of toler?tus