LekhoriLekhoriTo allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.
To bear, withstand.
I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not Sunday.
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....
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