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Acception vs Toleration - What's the difference?

acception | toleration |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between acception and toleration

is that acception is (obsolete) acceptation; the received meaning while toleration is (obsolete) endurance of evil, suffering etc.

As nouns the difference between acception and toleration

is that acception is (obsolete) acceptation; the received meaning while toleration is (obsolete) endurance of evil, suffering etc.

acception

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) acceptation; the received meaning.
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    • Derived terms

    * acception of persons * acception of faces (Ecclesiastic), (Obsolete): favoritism; partiality. - Wyclif

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    toleration

    English

    Noun

  • (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:
    • Above all, the establishment of toleration helped to weaken the presumption that plurality in matters of faith inevitably caused social disorder.

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