Acceptable vs Toleration - What's the difference?
acceptable | toleration |
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable'' present, one ''acceptable to us.
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
(obsolete) Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
The allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
Specifically, the allowance by a government (or other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.
* 2012 , Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex , Penguin 2013, p. 86:
As an adjective acceptable
is capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable'' present, one ''acceptable to us.As a noun toleration is
(obsolete) endurance of evil, suffering etc.acceptable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* unacceptable * inacceptableDerived terms
* acceptableness * acceptablyExternal links
* * * ----toleration
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Noun
- Above all, the establishment of toleration helped to weaken the presumption that plurality in matters of faith inevitably caused social disorder.