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Pronunciation : In*tol"er*ance
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intol?rance.]
Definition : 1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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