許容|きょようkyoyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbpermission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
   すべての職業しょくぎょうが女性じょせいに開ひらかれるべきだ、というのは今いまや完全かんぜんに許容きょようされている考かんがえ。↗

   It is now a fully accepted idea that all occupations should be open to women.

• Synonym許しゆるしNeutralA noun for forgiveness or permission, at home in both speech and writing, as in 「お許しを請う」; 「許容」 is about allowing something within set limits.
• Synonym容認ようにんWrittenTolerating or accepting something; close to 「許容」 but leaning toward the attitude of acceptance.
• Synonym允許いんきょWrittenWritten, rather old-fashioned word for permission; 「許容」 stresses the range or degree that is allowed.
• Synonym差し許すさしゆるすWrittenWritten and rare verb meaning to allow or forgive; 「許容」 is the more common choice.
• Related許すゆるすNeutralThe everyday verb for allowing or forgiving; 「許容（する）」 is more formal and focuses on allowable limits.
• Related許可きょかNeutralPermission to do something, granted by officials, schools, bosses or parents, as in 「外出許可」; 「許容」 stresses allowing within a range.
• Related認可にんかWrittenApproval granted by an administrative authority, with a legal flavor; 「許容」 focuses on the range that is allowed.
• Related赦免しゃめんWrittenPardoning of crimes or penalties; 「許容」 means allowing something to a certain degree.
• Related勘弁かんべんNeutralLetting someone off or sparing them, as in 「勘弁してよ」; 「許容」 is the more formal term.
• Related許しゆるしNeutralA noun for forgiveness or permission, at home in both speech and writing, as in 「お許しを請う」; 「許容」 is about allowing something within set limits.
• Related承認しょうにんNeutralAcknowledging or approving a proposal; 「許容」 is about allowing something within a range.
• Related認定にんていNeutralCertifying qualifications or grades after review; 「許容」 focuses on the range that is allowed.
• Related認めるみとめるNeutralA common verb covering both recognizing and allowing; 「許容」 focuses on the limits of what is allowed.
• Related容赦ようしゃNeutralForgiveness or leniency, most often in the negative 「容赦なく」; 「許容」 focuses on the range allowed.
• Related認許にんきょWrittenWritten word for officially approving or accepting; 「許容」 centers on the range within which something is allowed.
• Related堪忍かんにんNeutralForbearance and forgiveness, as in 「堪忍袋の緒が切れる」; 「許容」 is about allowing something within bounds.
• Related仮借かしゃくWrittenWritten word meaning forgiveness (also a term for phonetic loan characters); 「許容」 is about allowing within limits.
• Related寛恕かんじょWrittenWritten word for forgiving with magnanimity; 「許容」 centers on the range of what is allowed.
• Related海容かいようWrittenWritten, polite formula for generously overlooking another's failures or rudeness, as in 「ご海容ください」; 「許容」 is about allowing within a range or degree.
• Related宥恕ゆうじょWrittenRare written word for forgiveness; 「許容」 stresses allowing something within limits.
• Antonym拒否きょひNeutralRefusing or vetoing; the opposite of 「許容」, which allows and accepts.
• Antonym禁止きんしNeutralProhibiting an act outright; the opposite of 「許容」, which allows it within a range.
• Antonym排除はいじょNeutralExcluding or shutting something out; the opposite of 「許容」, which admits and accepts.

Use 「許容」 for allowing or accepting something within a certain range, as in 「許容範囲」 or 「誤差を許容する」. In everyday speech, allowing or forgiving is 「許す」, official permission is 「許可」, and tolerating or accepting is 「容認」; 「禁止」 is the word for banning. Most of the rest are written or specialized: 「認可」 for administrative approval, 「赦免」 for pardoning crimes, 「承認」 and 「認定」 for approving or certifying, and 「海容」 for polite written apologies.

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1. 認みとめ、ゆるすこと。ある程度ていどの範囲はんい内ないで問題もんだいなく通用つうようするとして大目おおめに見みること。