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In*tol"er*ance (ĭn*tŏl"&etilde_;r*&aitalic_;ns), n. [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance.]
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1. Lack of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
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2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; lack of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect.
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These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.
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