toleration
toleration
Definition
tol·era·tion (täl′ər ā′s̸hən)
noun
- the act or an instance of tolerating
- tolerance; esp., freedom to hold religious views that differ from the established ones
Etymology: Fr tolération < L toleratio
tol′·era′·tion·ist noun
toleration
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- difference: Toleration of difference within a community was a main aim of the talk.
- people: Free development of the human spirit requires recognition and toleration of people 's differences, the accommodation of diversity.
- worship: William III, the Protestant hero of Orange mythology, we are reminded tried to extend legal toleration of religious worship to Catholics.
- diversity: This shift at the end of the eighteenth century also opened the way to a wider toleration of theological diversity within the church.
- Catholicism: But whatever James's personal inclinations, hopes for toleration of Catholicism were soon disappointed.
Converse of object
- grant: He was Pope of Rome from 311 to 314, when the Emperor Constantine granted toleration to the Church.
- concern: Concerning toleration in socialism, attention is commonly paid to freedom of speech.
- show: The question then arises as to whether wolves living where livestock are plentiful all year round also show livestock toleration.
- have: We can have no toleration for the veiled skepticism which is passing for Christianity to-day.
- include: This respect includes toleration of his personal viewpoint, his religious beliefs and his political opinions.
- extend: William III, the Protestant hero of Orange mythology, we are reminded tried to extend legal toleration of religious worship to Catholics.
Adjective modifier
- religious: The history of religious toleration in Turkey is a long, long trail of broken promises.
- mutual: So there has to be a level of mutual toleration over minor issues.
- complete: The State religion is Roman Catholic, but there is complete toleration.
- great: Which is probably a hidden plea for greater toleration of each other's oddities.
- universal: Almost alone in his age, Vane believed in universal toleration.
- limited: Yet the act was very limited, it applied only to Trinitarian Protestant Dissenters and even that limited toleration was contested.
Modifies a noun
- zone: She rejected out of hand the government's proposals around prostitution, and called for outright legalization and for toleration zones.
- act: The 1689 toleration act was indeed an important landmark in the struggle to achieve religious toleration.
Noun used with modifier
- livestock: The question then arises as to whether wolves living where livestock are plentiful all year round also show livestock toleration.
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