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tol

Latin

bear, endure, lift up

Variants:toltolertoll
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From Latin tolerāre (to bear, endure, sustain). The root centers on bearing or enduring difficulty: tolerate (to endure without complaint), tolerant, tolerance, and tolerable (bearable). Extol takes a different path — from Latin extollere (to lift up, praise), sharing the underlying sense of "bearing up" but directed toward praise.

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tolerate

To allow or put up with something; to endure

tolerance

Acceptance of different beliefs or practices; ability to endure hardship or a substance

tolerant

Willing to accept others' beliefs; able to withstand difficult conditions

extol

To praise highly

tolerable

Able to be endured; moderately acceptable