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Webster 1913 Edition
Intolerance
In-tol′er-ance
(ĭn-tŏl′ẽr-ans)
, Noun.
[L.
intolerantia
impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance
.] 1.
Lack of capacity to endure;
as,
. intolerance
of light2.
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 sectThese few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of
intolerance
, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intolerance
INTOL'ERANCE
,Noun.