tolerate

Definition for tolerate

verb as in allow, indulge

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abide, accept, brook, condone, countenance, endure, permit, stand for

Strong matches

admit, authorize, bear, go, have, hear, humor, pocket, receive, sanction, stand, stomach, suffer, sustain, swallow, take, undergo

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bear with, blink at, consent to, go along with, live with, put up with, sit and take it, sit still for, stay the course, string along, submit to, tough out, wink at

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“While free expression is a core value of UCLA, violence of any kind — including the celebration of it — is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times

“Indirect methods” are not defined and the document says “no proxy for racial admission will be tolerated.”

From Los Angeles Times

His critics have praised the proceedings as necessary to bring closure, and to set a precedent that trying to undermine democracy will not be tolerated.

From BBC

“What are we going to do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? And that’s the question we’re just going to have to ask ourselves.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us! And what are we gonna do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate?”

From Salon

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