## Meanings
1. To allow something you dislike to happen without trying to stop it.
2. To put up with something or someone unpleasant.
3. To respect the beliefs and rights of other people.

## Examples
- The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.
- I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not on Sunday.
- We must tolerate the religions of others.

## Synonyms
- abear
- abide
- aby
- accept
- allow
- bear
- bide
- brook
- countenance
- dree
- endure
- forbear

## Antonyms
- chafe
- discriminate
- prohibit
- rage
- snap

## Related Forms
- tolerability
- tolerable
- tolerance
- tolerant
- toleration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *telh₂- (bear)

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tolerātus, the perfect passive participle of tolerō (“to endure”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”) and French tolérer. More at thole.

## AI Etymology
Tolerate is borrowed from Latin tolerātus, the perfect passive participle of tolerō (“to endure”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”) and French tolérer. More at thole. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (bear). In present-day use, it can mean to allow something you dislike to happen without trying to stop it, or to put up with something or someone unpleasant.

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