toleration
noun/ˌtɒləˈreɪʃn/
/ˌtɑːləˈreɪʃn/
[uncountable]- the fact of being willing to allow something that you do not like or agree with to happen or continue synonym tolerance
- religious toleration
- the toleration of difference
- He preached toleration for all religions.
- Religious minorities were allowed a wide measure of toleration.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- religious
- mutual
- degree
- measure
- toleration for
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting the granting of permission by authority): from French tolération, from Latin toleratio(n-), from tolerare.Definitions on the go
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