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toleration

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tol·er·a·tion  (tl-rshn)
n.
1. Tolerance with respect to the actions and beliefs of others: "Toleration . . . is the greatest gift of the mind" (Helen Keller).
2. Official recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially on religion.

toleration [ˌtɒləˈreɪʃən]
n
1. the act or practice of tolerating
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) freedom to hold religious opinions that differ from the established or prescribed religion of a country
tolerationism  n
tolerationist  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tolerationtoleration - a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"
permissiveness, tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
self acceptance - an acceptance of yourself as you are, warts and all
2.tolerationtoleration - official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)
permission, permit, license - the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"

toleration
noun
1. acceptance, endurance, indulgence, sanction, allowance, permissiveness, sufferance, condonation They urged toleration of mixed marriages.
2. religious freedom, freedom of conscience, freedom of worship his views on religious toleration, education and politics
Translations
toleration [ˌtɒləˈreɪʃən] Ntolerancia f
religious tolerationtolerancia f religiosa
toleration [ˌtɒləˈreɪʃən] ntolérance f
toleration
nDuldung f, → Tolerierung f
toleration [ˌtɒləˈreɪʃn] ntolleranza
toleration [ˌtɒləˈreɪʃn] ntolleranza


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All this very plausible reasoning does not convince me, as it has not convinced the wisest of our Statesmen, that our ancestors erred in laying it down as an axiom of policy that the toleration of Irregularity is incompatible with the safety of the State.
There was an air of toleration or depreciation about his utterance of these words, that rather depressed me; and I was still looking sideways at his block of a face in search of any encouraging note to the text, when he said here we were at Barnard's Inn.
All that their most abject compliances could obtain from him was a toleration of the exercise of their laws.
 
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