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Toleration

Toleration Meaning & Definition
Toleration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Toleration?

[n] official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)
[n] a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Toleration: acceptance | sufferance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Toleration:

See Also | license | permission | permissiveness | permit | self acceptance | tolerance

Toleration In Webster's Dictionary

\Tol`er*a"tion\, n. [L. toleratio: cf. OF. toleration.] 1. The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved. 2. Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief. 3. Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.

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