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noun
1.
an act or instance of tolerating, especially of what is not actually approved; forbearance: to show toleration toward the protesters.
2.
permission by law or government of the exercise of religions other than an established religion; noninterference in matters of private faith and worship.
Related forms
tol·er·a·tion·ism, noun
tol·er·a·tion·ist, noun
non·tol·er·a·tion, noun
su·per·tol·er·a·tion, noun
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Toleration
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Example Sentences
- Even today, many people are moved by his visionary message of universal toleration.
- And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.
- It violates the toleration that must permeate our pluralistic society.
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Word Origin & History
toleration
1517, "permission granted by authority, license," from M.Fr. tolération (15c.), from L. tolerationem (nom. toleratio) "a bearing, supporting, enduring," from toleratus, pp. of tolerare "to tolerate, lit. "to bear" (see extol). Meaning "forbearance, sufferance" is from
EXPAND1582. Religious sense is from Act of Toleration, statute granting freedom of religious worship (with conditions) to dissenting Protestants in England, 1689.
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